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authorwpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>1995-11-04 19:15:04 +0000
committerwpaul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>1995-11-04 19:15:04 +0000
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Document newly-added NIS support.
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/services.5 b/share/man/man5/services.5
index 80e03a8..1ee79f3 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/services.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/services.5
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ not interpreted by the routines which search the file.
Service names may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline,
or comment character.
+.Sh NIS INTERACTION
+Access to the NIS
+.Pa services.byname
+map can be enabled by adding a single ``+'' on a line by itself
+in the
+.Pa /etc/services
+file. This causes the contenits of the NIS services map to be inserted
+at the location where the ``+'' appears.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact
.It Pa /etc/services
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