YPPASSWDD
Section: Maintenance Commands (8C)
Updated: 16 March 1985
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NAME
yppasswdd - server for modifying yellow pages password file
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd
file
[
-m
arg1 arg2 ...
]
DESCRIPTION
yppasswdd
is a server that handles password change requests from
yppasswd(1).
It changes a password entry in
file,
which is assumed to be in the format of
passwd(5).
An entry in
file
will only be changed if the password presented by
yppasswd(1)
matches the encrypted password of that entry.
If the
-m
option is given, then after
file
is modified, a
make(1)
will be performed in
/usr/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(8).
If it is desired to enable remote password updating for the yellow
pages, then an entry for
yppasswdd
should be put in the
/etc/rc
file of the host serving as the master for the yellow pages
passwd
file.
EXAMPLE
If the yellow pages password file is stored as
/usr/etc/yp/src/passwd,
then to have password changes propagated immediately,
the server should be invoked as
-
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /usr/etc/yp/src/passwd -m passwd DIR=/usr/etc/yp/src
In this case, "src" is the YP domain name.
FILES
/usr/etc/yp/Makefile
SEE ALSO
yppasswd(1), passwd(5), ypfiles(5), ypmake(8)
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