yppasswdd man page on Ultrix

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yppasswdd(8yp)							yppasswdd(8yp)

Name
       yppasswdd  - server daemon for modifying the yellow pages (YP) password
       file

Syntax
       /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd file [ -m arg1 arg2 ...  ]

Description
       The daemon is a server that handles password change  requests  from  It
       changes	a password entry in the specified file, which is assumed to be
       in the same format described in An entry in file will be	 changed  only
       if  the	password  presented  by matches the encrypted password of that
       entry.

       If the option is given, then after file is modified,  a	will  be  per‐
       formed in Any arguments following the flag will be passed to The option
       should be set only at a YP master server machine.

       This server is not run by default, nor can it be started up from If  it
       is  desired  to	enable	remote password updating for the yellow pages,
       then an entry for should be put in the file of the host serving as  the
       master for the yellow pages file.

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

Files
See Also
       yppasswd(1yp), passwd(5yp), ypfiles(5yp), ypmake(8yp)

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