<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <title> Postfix manual - nisplus_table(5) </title> </head> <body> <pre> NISPLUS_TABLE(5) NISPLUS_TABLE(5) <b>NAME</b> nisplus_table - Postfix NIS+ client <b>SYNOPSIS</b> <b>postmap -q "</b><i>string</i><b>" "<a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[</b><i>name</i><b>=%s];</b><i>name.name.</i><b>"</b> <b>postmap -q - "<a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[</b><i>name</i><b>=%s];</b><i>name.name.</i><b>"</b> <<i>inputfile</i> <b>DESCRIPTION</b> The Postfix mail system uses optional lookup tables. These tables are usually in <b>dbm</b> or <b>db</b> format. Alternatively, lookup tables can be spec- ified as NIS+ databases. To find out what types of lookup tables your Postfix system supports use the "<b>postconf -m</b>" command. To test Postfix NIS+ lookup tables, use the "<b>postmap -q</b>" command as described in the SYNOPSIS above. <b>QUERY SYNTAX</b> Most of the NIS+ query is specified via the NIS+ map name. The general format of a Postfix NIS+ map name is as follows: <b><a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[</b><i>name</i><b>=%s];</b><i>name.name.name</i><b>.:</b><i>column</i> Postfix NIS+ map names differ from what one normally would use with commands such as <b>niscat</b>: <b>o</b> With each NIS+ table lookup, "<b>%s</b>" is replaced by a version of the lookup string. There can be only one "<b>%s</b>" instance in a Postfix NIS+ map name. <b>o</b> Postfix NIS+ map names use "<b>;</b>" instead of "<b>,</b>", because the lat- ter character is special in the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> file. Postfix replaces "<b>;</b>" characters in the map name by "<b>,</b>" before making NIS+ queries. <b>o</b> The ":<i>column</i>" part in the NIS+ map name is not part of the actual NIS+ query. Instead, it specifies the number of the table column that provides the lookup result. When no ":<i>column</i>" is specified the first column (1) is used. <b>EXAMPLE</b> A NIS+ aliases map might be queried as follows: <a href="postconf.5.html#alias_maps">alias_maps</a> = <a href="DATABASE_README.html#types">dbm</a>:/etc/mail/aliases, <a href="nisplus_table.5.html">nisplus</a>:[alias=%s];mail_aliases.org_dir.$<a href="postconf.5.html#mydomain">mydomain</a>.:1 This queries the local aliases file before the NIS+ file. <b>SEE ALSO</b> <a href="postmap.1.html">postmap(1)</a>, Postfix lookup table manager <b>README FILES</b> <a href="DATABASE_README.html">DATABASE_README</a>, Postfix lookup table overview <b>LICENSE</b> The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. <b>AUTHOR(S)</b> Geoff Gibbs UK-HGMP-RC Hinxton Cambridge CB10 1SB, UK Adopted and adapted by: Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA Wietse Venema Google, Inc. 111 8th Avenue New York, NY 10011, USA NISPLUS_TABLE(5) </pre> </body> </html> |