yppasswd(1)                                           yppasswd(1)



     NAME
          yppasswd - change login password in yellow pages

     SYNOPSIS
          yppasswd [name]

     DESCRIPTION
          This command changes (or installs) a password associated
          with the user name (your own name by default) in the yellow
          pages.  The yellow pages password may be different from the
          one on your own machine.

          yppasswd prompts for the old yellow pages password and then
          for the new one.  The caller must supply both.  The new
          password must be typed twice, to forestall mistakes.

          New passwords must be at least four characters long if they
          use a sufficiently rich alphabet and at least six characters
          long if monocase.  These rules are relaxed if you are
          insistent enough.

          Only the owner of the name or the super-user may change a
          password; in either case you must prove you know the old
          password.

     FILES
          /usr/bin/yppasswd

     SEE ALSO
          passwd(1), ypfiles(4), yppasswdd(1M).
          Oreo Network System Administration.

     BUGS
          The update protocol passes all the information to the server
          in one rpc call, without ever looking at it.  Thus if you
          type in your old password incorrectly, you will not be
          notified until after you have entered your new password.


















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