Why does the /etc/passwd file need two NIS maps?
What will be an ideal response?
Password information is looked up two ways: by UID and by username.
Because dbm files, which implement NIS maps, have a single index, you
need two dbm files (maps) to enable the two kinds of lookups on NIS user
information.
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