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yppasswdd(8)							  yppasswdd(8)

NAME
       yppasswdd,  rpc.yppasswdd  -  server  daemon  for modifying the Network
       Information Service (NIS) password file

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd file [-m arg1 arg2...]

DESCRIPTION
       The yppasswdd daemon is a server that handles password change  requests
       from  yppasswd(1).  It  changes a password entry in the specified file,
       which is assumed to be in the same format described in  passwd(4).   An
       entry  in  file	will  be  changed  only	 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  /var/yp.  Any arguments following the option will be
       passed to make. The -m option should be set only at a NIS master server
       machine.

       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
       NIS,  then an entry for yppasswdd should be put in the /sbin/init.d/nis
       file of the host serving as the master for the NIS passwd file.

SECURITY NOTE
       When enhanced security is installed and NIS is used to  distribute  the
       protected  password  authentication database, the yppasswdd daemon man‐
       ages writes to that database.  A strict C2 security	policy,	 which
       is  optionally configurable using enhanced security, requires each user
       login or login failure to be recorded in the protected password authen‐
       tication database.  These updates, in combination with password changes
       and system administration functions affecting user accounts, are	 coor‐
       dinated by the daemon.

EXAMPLES
       If  the NIS password file is stored as /var/yp/src/passwd, then to have
       password changes propagated immediately, the server should  be  invoked
       as:   /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd   /var/yp/src/passwd   -m	 passwd	  DIR=
       /var/yp/src

FILES
SEE ALSO
       Commands: yppasswd(1), ypmake(8)

       Files: passwd(4), ypfiles(4)

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