yppasswdd(1M)                                                 yppasswdd(1M)

NAME
     yppasswdd, in.yppasswdd - change passwords for network user accounts

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/in.yppasswdd file [-m arg1 arg2 ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The in.yppasswdd daemon carries out the requests of the yppasswd com-
     mand, changing the password entries in the /etc/yppasswdd NIS file. It
     is one of the standard RPC daemons. It need only be active on the NIS
     master.

     in.yppasswdd only changes the password entry in /etc/yppasswd if the
     old password entered with yppasswd is the same as the encoded password
     in the file.

OPTIONS
     file   is the full path name of the file on the NIS master containing
            the network user accounts. The file must have the same format
            as /etc/passwd [see passwd(4)].

     -m arg1 arg2
            passes the changed NIS file to the make command [see
            ypmake(1M)]. All operands following -m, in this case arg1 arg2,
            are passed to make.

EXAMPLE
     The in.yppasswdd daemon is to be started. The file containing the
     password for the network user account is /etc/yppasswd. The changed
     NIS file, /etc/yppasswd, is to be passed to the make command, so that
     the changes can be used immediately by the Network Information Ser-
     vices.

          /usr/sbin/in.yppasswdd /etc/yppasswd -m passwd

FILES
     /var/yp/Makefile
     /etc/yppasswd

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














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