Name

yppasswd

Synopsis

yppasswd [option] [name]

Description

NFS/NIS command. Change login password in Network Information Service. Create or change your password, and distribute the new password over NIS. The superuser can change the password for any user. See also ypchfn and ypchsh.

Options

-f

Behave like ypchfn.

-l

Behave like ypchsh.

-p

Behave like yppasswd (default).

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