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NAME
ryptrans - activate or update global user accounts
SYNOPSIS
ryptrans host user [-p] [-g] [-d] [-s]
DESCRIPTION
This command is used to activate or update global user accounts from
the NIS master.
It is necessary to activate each global user account on each client
computer of the domain on which the global user wishes to log in and
on which the variable GLOBALPW in the file etc/default/inet has been
set to "yes". If GLOBALPW has been assigned the value "auto", every
global user account is activated automatically.
The global user account must be entered in the /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow files on the client on which the global user account is to
be activated. On the basis of entries in the file /var/yp/pwpattern,
the system administrator of the client computer determines whether or
not changes in the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files are to be trans-
ferred.
Updating means passing on to a client computer changes in the global
account on the NIS master; this relates to the password, the comment,
the login directory and shell of an already activated global user
account.
After the global user has been set up on the NIS master, it may take
up to an hour before an entry in the root crontab file causes entries
in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files to be compared with the
entries in the NIS files on a client computer and if necessary
changed. A new global user account is denoted by the password "*YP*"
in the /etc/shadow file on the client computer.
The /usr/sbin/yptransd daemon must be active on the client computer.
The ryptrans command tells the yptransd daemon on the client computer
which global user account is to be activated or which name fields of
an already activated global user account are to be updated.
OPTIONS
host Name of the client computer on which the global user account is
to be activated or updated.
user Name of the global user whose account is to be activated or
updated.
-p The password of the global user is to be updated.
-g The comment field of the global user is to be updated.
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-d The home directory of the global user is to be updated. The home
directory is to be created.
-s The login shell of the global user is to be updated.
EXAMPLES
The global user account of user maggie is to be activated on client
computer dublin. For this purpose, the network administrator enters
the following command on the NIS master:
ryptrans dublin maggie
The password entry and the login shell of the global user maggie has
been updated in the NIS master. This change should be entered on the
client computer dublin. For this purpose, the network administrator
enters the following command on the NIS master:
ryptrans dublin maggie -p -s
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/default/inet
/usr/sbin/yptransd
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