yppasswdd(1M)                     ONC R4.11                    yppasswdd(1M)


NAME
       yppasswdd - server for modifying Network Information Service password
       file

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd filename [adjunctfile] [-m argument1
       argument2 ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Yppasswdd is a server that handles password change requests from
       yppasswd(1).  It changes a password entry in filename, which is
       assumed to be in the format of passwd(4).

       If the -m option is given, then after filename is modified, a make(1)
       will be performed in /etc/yp.  Any arguments following the flag will
       be passed to make.

       This server is not run by default, nor can it be started up from
       inetd(1M).  If it is desired to enable remote password updating for
       the Network Information Service, then an entry for yppasswdd should
       be put in the /etc/nfs.params file of the host serving as the master
       for the Network Information Service passwd file.

EXAMPLE
       If the Network Information Service password file is stored as
       /etc/yp/src/passwd, then to have password changes propagated
       immediately, the server should be invoked as

       /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /etc/yp/src/passwd -m SRCDIR=/etc/yp/src passwd

       In this case, src is the NIS domain name.

FILES
       /etc/yp/Makefile
       /etc/nfs.params

SEE ALSO
       make(1), yppasswd(1), inetd(1M), ypmake(1M), passwd(4), ypfiles(4).


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