Name
yppasswdd
Synopsis
rpc.yppasswdd [option]
Description
NFS/NIS command. Server for modifying the NIS password file. yppasswdd handles password change requests from yppasswd. It changes a password entry only if the password represented by yppasswd matches the encrypted password of that entry and if the user ID and group ID match those in the server’s /etc/passwd file. Then it updates /etc/passwd and the password maps on the local server.
Option
- -s
Support shadow password functions.
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