04-15-2008
Samba Installation
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yppasswdd
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 performed 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)
yppasswdd(8yp)