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PWUPDATE(8)							   NYS YP Server						       PWUPDATE(8)

NAME
       pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [shadow]

DESCRIPTION
       pwupdate is invoked by rpc.yppasswdd(8) after changing the password and it should update the passwd and shadow NIS map. Never run it by
       hand.

OPTIONS
       shadow
	   Normally, only the passwd map will be updated. With this option, pwupdate will update the shadow map, too.

FILES
       /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow

SEE ALSO
       rpc.yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8)

AUTHOR
       Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>, Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>

Jan 1998							    10/01/2007							       PWUPDATE(8)