NAME

yppasswd − update user password in yellow pages (NFS only)

SYNPOSIS

#include <rpcsvc/yppasswd.h>
yppasswd(oldpass, newpw)
char ∗oldpass
struct passwd ∗newpw;

DESCRIPTION

If oldpass is indeed the old user password, this routine replaces the password entry with newpw. It returns 0 if successful.

RPC INFO

program number:
YPPASSWDPROG
xdr routines:
xdr_ppasswd(xdrs, yp)
XDR ∗xdrs;
struct yppasswd ∗yp;
xdr_yppasswd(xdrs, pw)
XDR ∗xdrs;
struct passwd ∗pw;
procs:
YPPASSWDPROC_UPDATE
Takes struct yppasswd as argument, returns integer.
Same behavior as yppasswd() wrapper.
Uses UNIX authentication.
versions:
YPPASSWDVERS_ORIG
structures:
struct yppasswd {
char ∗oldpass;/∗ old (unencrypted) password ∗/
struct passwd newpw;/∗ new pw structure ∗/
};

SEE ALSO

yppasswd(1), yppasswdd(8C)
IBM Network File System User’s Guide

PRPQs 5799-WZQ/5799-PFF: IBM/4.3  —  Sept 1988