NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     rpc.yppasswdd - YP update password file daemon

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     rpc.yppasswdd [-d directory] [-noshell] [-nogecos] [-nopw]
                   [-m arg1 arg2 ...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     rpc.yppasswdd must be running on the YP master server to allow users to
     change  information in the password file.  If the user needs
to change his
     password  this  is  normally  done  with  a  program  called
yppasswd.  This program
  doesn't  exist in OpenBSD but is integrated into passwd(1).  passwd
     will automatically determine which password database  should
be modified.
     To force a change of a YP password when a local one also exists, use
     passwd -y.

     Other user information can be changed with chpass(1).

     The options are as follows:

     -d directory
             Use the specified directory to get at the  passwordrelated files
             instead of /etc.

     -noshell
             Don't allow changes of the shell field in the passwd
file.

     -nogecos
             Don't allow changes of the gecos field in the passwd
file.

     -nopw    Don't  allow  changes of the password in the passwd
file.

     -m arg1 arg2 ...
             Pass the specified arguments to make(1) when  invoking it in
             /var/yp to rebuild the passwd maps.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/passwd
     /etc/master.passwd

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     make(1), securenet(5), ypserv.acl(5), yp(8), ypbind(8)

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Mats O Jansson <[email protected]>

OpenBSD      3.6                           July      3,      1994