osf1 man page for yppasswd

yppasswd(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       yppasswd(3)

NAME
       yppasswd - update user password in Network Information Service (NIS) password map.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <rpcsvc/yppasswd.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       The  yppasswd routine uses Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and External Data Representation (XDR) routines to update a user password in an Net-
       work Information Service (NIS) 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 */
	};

RELATED INFORMATION
       yppasswd(1), yppasswdd(8) delim off

																       yppasswd(3)