ultrix man page for yppasswd

yppasswd(3yp)															     yppasswd(3yp)

Name
       yppasswd - update user password in yellow pages password map.

Syntax
       #include <rpcsvc/yppasswd.h>

       yppasswd(oldpass, newpw)
       char *oldpass;
       struct passwd *newpw;

Description
       The  routine  uses  Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and External Data Representation (XDR) routines to update a user password in a Yellow Pages
       password map.  The RPC and XDR elements that are used are listed below under the RPC INFO heading.

       If oldpass is indeed the old user password, this routine replaces the password entry with newpw.  It returns 0 if successful.

   RPC Information
       program number:
	    YPPASSWDPROG
       xdr routines:
	    xdr_ppasswd(xdrs, yp)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct yppasswd *yp;
	    xdr_yppasswd(xdrs, pw)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct passwd *pw;
       procs:
	    YPPASSWDPROC_UPDATE
		 Takes struct yppasswd as argument, returns integer.
		 Same behavior as yppasswd() wrapper.
		 Uses UNIX authentication.
       versions:
	    YPPASSWDVERS_ORIG
       structures:
	    struct yppasswd {
		 char *oldpass; /* old (unencrypted) password */
		 struct passwd newpw;	  /* new pw structure */
	    };

See Also
       yppasswd(1yp), yppasswdd(8yp)

																     yppasswd(3yp)