yppasswd(1)                                           yppasswd(1)



     NAME
          yppasswd - change login password in yellow pages

     SYNOPSIS
          yppasswd [name]

     DESCRIPTION
          yppasswd 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 in-
          sistent enough.

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

     FILES
          /usr/bin/yppasswd

     SEE ALSO
          passwd(1), yppasswdd(1M), ypfiles(4).
          A/UX 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 noti-
          fied until after you have entered and verified your new
          password.

















     April, 1990                                                     1