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Dd February 26, 2005
Dt RPC.YPPASSWDD 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm rpc.yppasswdd
Nd NIS update password file daemon
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl d Ar directory
Op Fl noshell
Op Fl nogecos
Op Fl nopw
Op Fl m Ar arg1 Op Ar arg2 ...
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
must be running on the
Tn NIS
master server to allow users to change information
in the password file.
Pp
The options are as follows:
Bl -tag -width XdXdirectoryXX -offset indent
It Fl d Ar directory
Change the root directory of the password file from
Dq Pa /
to
Ar directory .
It is important to create the binary database files (pwd.db and spwd.db)
when using this switch or the password change will fail.
The databases need to be created only once with the following command:
Pp
Dl pwd_mkdb -d directory directory/etc/master.passwd
It Fl noshell
Don't allow changes of the shell field in the passwd file.
It Fl nogecos
Don't allow changes of the gecos field in the passwd file.
It Fl nopw
Don't allow changes of the password in the passwd file.
It Fl m Ar arg1 Op Ar arg2 ...
Additional arguments to pass to
Ar make
in
Ar /var/yp .
El
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
It Pa /etc/passwd
It Pa /etc/master.passwd
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr chpass 1 ,
Xr passwd 1 ,
Xr hosts_access 5 ,
Xr nis 8 ,
Xr ypbind 8 ,
Xr ypserv 8
Sh AUTHORS
An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt
[email protected]
