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This is the release of passwd utilitys, which are NIS safe.
See the file COPYING for copying restrictions. This package is
available under the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.
I've searched for passwd, chfn and chsh, which do not use the
setpwent() function for writing the data back to /etc/passwd.
The problem with the setpwent() function is, that after changing
a local password on a NIS (YP) client, all passwd entry's from
the NIS (YP) server are stored in the local file.
Since I haven't found such programs, I have wrote my own.
passwd could handle all what you need: Changing password, shell
and gecos information in the local database, or if it is a NIS
user, on the NIS master server.
I have add a vipw program, which use like the passwd the
lckpwdf()/ulckpwdf() functions for locking the /etc/passwd file.
System requirements:
* libc 5.3.9 or greater. Since I use some of the new functions,
it will not work with older versions in the moment.
With a NYS library, it will now work, too.
Please send Bugs, suggestions and patches to <kukuk@uni-paderborn.de>
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@uni-paderborn.de>, 16 May 1996.