yppasswd(1)                                              yppasswd(1)


       NAME
             yppasswd - change your network password in the NIS database

       SYNOPSIS
             yppasswd [username]

       DESCRIPTION
             The yppasswd command changes (or installs) the network
             password associated with the user username in the Network
             Information Service (NIS) database.

          Files
             /etc/passwd

       USAGE
             By default your own name is used for username.

             The NIS password may be different from the local one on your
             own machine.  See passwd(1).

             yppasswd prompts for the old NIS password, and then for the
             new one.  You must type in the old password correctly for the
             change to take effect.  The new password must be typed twice,
             to forestall mistakes.

             If you use a sufficiently rich alphabet, new passwords can be
             specified using as few as four characters.  If you use
             monocase, new passwords can be specified using as few as six
             characters.  These rules are relaxed if you are insistent
             enough.

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

             The NIS password daemon, yppasswdd(1M) must be running on your
             NIS server in order for the new password to take effect.

          Warnings
             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 notified
             until after you have entered your new password.





                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1

      yppasswd(1)                                              yppasswd(1)


      REFERENCES
            passwd(1), ypfiles(4), yppasswdd(1M)














































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