Query: yppasswd
OS: hpux
Section: 3n
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yppasswd(3N) yppasswd(3N)NAMEyppasswd() - update user password in Network Information ServiceSYNOPSIS[flag]... file... [library]...DESCRIPTIONIf 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 USAGEThread 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 VALUEreturns 0 if successful and -1 if an error occurs.AUTHORwas developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.SEE ALSOyppasswd(1), yppasswdd(1M). yppasswd(3N)
Related Man Pages |
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yppasswd(1) - osf1 |
xdr(3n) - hpux |
yppasswd(3n) - hpux |
ypupdate(3c) - hpux |
yppasswdd(8) - osf1 |
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