01-26-2009
Hi Otheus,
Do you by any chances have a test machine will you kindly show me the out of your script after running it. I have removet the test=echo and excecuted the script nothing happened no output was produced and the /etc/passwd stayed the same. I then removed the variable $test on the body but still nothing happened.
Thanks
The Duke
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yppasswdd
RPC.YPPASSWDD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual RPC.YPPASSWDD(8)
NAME
rpc.yppasswdd -- NIS update password file daemon
SYNOPSIS
rpc.yppasswdd [-d directory] [-noshell] [-nogecos] [-nopw] [-m arg1 [arg2 ...]]
DESCRIPTION
rpc.yppasswdd must be running on the NIS master server to allow users to change information in the password file.
The options are as follows:
-d directory Change the root directory of the password file from ``/'' to directory. It is important to create the binary database
files (pwd.db and spwd.db) when using this switch or the password change will fail. The databases need to be created
only once with the following command:
pwd_mkdb -d directory directory/etc/master.passwd
-noshell Don't allow changes of the shell field in the passwd file.
-nogecos Don't allow changes of the gecos field in the passwd file.
-nopw Don't allow changes of the password in the passwd file.
-m arg1 [arg2 ...]
Additional arguments to pass to make in /var/yp.
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/master.passwd
SEE ALSO
chpass(1), passwd(1), hosts_access(5), nis(8), ypbind(8), ypserv(8)
AUTHORS
Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>
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February 26, 2005 BSD