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)