NFSv2/usr/man/man8/yppasswdd.8c

.\" @(#)yppasswdd.8c 1.3 85/04/05 SMI
.TH YPPASSWDD 8C "16 March 1985"
.SH NAME
yppasswdd \- server for modifying yellow pages password file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd
file [
.B \-m
arg1 arg2 ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX  "yypasswdd command"  ""  "\fLyppasswdd\fP \(em yellow pages password server"
.IX  servers  yppasswdd  ""  "\fLyppasswdd\fP \(em yellow pages password server"
.I Yppasswdd
is a server that handles password change requests from
.IR yppasswd (1).
It changes a password entry in
.IR file ,
which is assumed to be in the format of
.IR passwd (5).
An entry in
.I file
will only be changed if the password presented by
.IR yppasswd (1)
matches the encrypted password of that entry.
.LP
If the
.B \-m
option is given, then after
.I file
is modified, a
.IR make (1)
will be performed in
.IR /etc/yp .
Any arguments following the flag will be passed to
.IR make .
.LP
This server is not run by default, nor can it be started up from
.IR inetd (8).
If it is desired to enable remote password updating for the yellow pages,
then an entry for
.I yppasswdd
should be put in the
.I /etc/rc
file of the host serving as the master for the yellow pages
.I passwd
file.
.SH EXAMPLE
.LP
If the yellow pages password file is stored as
.IR /etc/yp/src/passwd ,
then to have password changes propagated immediately,
the server should be invoked as
.RS
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /etc/yp/src/passwd \-m passwd DIR=/etc/yp/src
.RE
.SH FILES
/etc/yp/Makefile
.SH SEE ALSO
yppasswd(1), passwd(5), ypfiles(5), ypmake(8)
.SH CAVEAT
This server will eventually be replaced with a more general
service for modifying any map in the yellow pages