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+:mod:`nis` --- Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages)
+====================================================
+
+.. module:: nis
+   :platform: Unix
+   :synopsis: Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) library.
+.. moduleauthor:: Fred Gansevles <Fred.Gansevles@cs.utwente.nl>
+.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
+
+
+The :mod:`nis` module gives a thin wrapper around the NIS library, useful for
+central administration of several hosts.
+
+Because NIS exists only on Unix systems, this module is only available for Unix.
+
+The :mod:`nis` module defines the following functions:
+
+
+.. function:: match(key, mapname[, domain=default_domain])
+
+   Return the match for *key* in map *mapname*, or raise an error
+   (:exc:`nis.error`) if there is none. Both should be strings, *key* is 8-bit
+   clean. Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (may contain ``NULL`` and
+   other joys).
+
+   Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
+      unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
+
+
+.. function:: cat(mapname[, domain=default_domain])
+
+   Return a dictionary mapping *key* to *value* such that ``match(key,
+   mapname)==value``. Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are
+   arbitrary arrays of bytes.
+
+   Note that *mapname* is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
+      unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
+
+
+.. function:: maps([domain=default_domain])
+
+   Return a list of all valid maps.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      The *domain* argument allows to override the NIS domain used for the lookup. If
+      unspecified, lookup is in the default NIS domain.
+
+
+.. function:: get_default_domain()
+
+   Return the system default NIS domain.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.5
+
+The :mod:`nis` module defines the following exception:
+
+
+.. exception:: error
+
+   An error raised when a NIS function returns an error code.
+