yppasswd(3N)															      yppasswd(3N)

NAME

       yppasswd() - update user password in Network Information Service

SYNOPSIS

       [flag]... file... [library]...

DESCRIPTION

       If oldpass is the old, unencrypted user password, this routine replaces the password entry with the encrypted newpw.

   RPC Info
       Program number:

       XDR routines:

	      xdr_yppasswd(xdrs, yp)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct yppasswd *yp;
	      xdr_passwd(xdrs, pw)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct passwd *pw;

       Procs:

	      Takes struct yppasswd as an argument; returns an integer.
		     Behaves the same as the yppasswd() function.  Uses UNIX authentication.

       Versions:

       Structures:

	      struct yppasswd {
		 char *oldpass;        /* old (unencrypted) password */
		 struct passwd newpw;  /* new pw structure */
	      };

MULTITHREAD USAGE

       Thread Safe:	     Yes
       Cancel Safe:	     Yes
       Fork Safe:	     No
       Async-cancel Safe:    No
       Async-signal Safe:    No

       These  functions can be called safely in a multithreaded environment.  They may be cancellation points in that they call functions that are
       cancel points.

       In a multithreaded environment, these functions are not safe to be called by a child process after and before These functions should not be
       called by a multithreaded application that support asynchronous cancellation or asynchronous signals.

RETURN VALUE

       returns 0 if successful and -1 if an error occurs.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO

       yppasswd(1), yppasswdd(1M).

																      yppasswd(3N)