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.Dd February 26, 2005
.Dt RPC.YPPASSWDD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
.Nd NIS update password file daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d Ar directory
.Op Fl noshell
.Op Fl nogecos
.Op Fl nopw
.Op Fl m Ar arg1 Op Ar arg2 ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
must be running on the
.Tn NIS
master server to allow users to change information
in the password file.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width XdXdirectoryXX -offset indent
.It Fl d Ar directory
Change the root directory of the password file from
.Dq Pa /
to
.Ar directory .
It is important to create the binary database files (pwd.db and spwd.db)
when using this switch or the password change will fail.
The databases need to be created only once with the following command:
.Pp
.Dl pwd_mkdb -d directory directory/etc/master.passwd
.It Fl noshell
Don't allow changes of the shell field in the passwd file.
.It Fl nogecos
Don't allow changes of the gecos field in the passwd file.
.It Fl nopw
Don't allow changes of the password in the passwd file.
.It Fl m Ar arg1 Op Ar arg2 ...
Additional arguments to pass to
.Ar make
in
.Ar /var/yp .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
.It Pa /etc/passwd
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chpass 1 ,
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
.Xr nis 8 ,
.Xr ypbind 8 ,
.Xr ypserv 8
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj@stacken.kth.se