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33.Dd July 3, 1994
34.Dt RPC.YPPASSWDD 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
38.Nd YP update password file daemon
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
41.Op Fl d Ar directory
42.Op Fl noshell
43.Op Fl nogecos
44.Op Fl nopw
45.Op Fl m Ar arg1 arg2 ...
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
48must be running on the YP master server to allow users to change information
49in the password file. If the user needs to change his password this is
50normally done with a program called
51.Nm yppasswd .
52This program doesn't exist in OpenBSD but is integrated into
53.Xr passwd 1 .
54.Nm passwd
55will automatically determine which password database should
56be modified.
57To force a change of a YP password when a local one also exists, use
58.Nm passwd -y .
59.Pp
60Other user information can be changed with
61.Xr chpass 1 .
62.Pp
63If the file
64.Nm /var/yp/yppasswdd.log
65exists then messages will be written to the file.
66.Pp
67The options are as follows:
68.Bl -tag -width indent
69.It Fl d Ar directory
70Use the specified directory to get at the password-related files instead
71of /etc.
72.It Fl noshell
73Don't allow changes of the shell field in the passwd file.
74.It Fl nogecos
75Don't allow changes of the gecos field in the passwd file.
76.It Fl nopw
77Don't allow changes of the password in the passwd file.
78.It Fl m Ar arg1 arg2 ...
79Don't use
80.Ar /var/yp/securenet .
81Use another file with another file format. For futher information see
82man page for
83.Ar ypserv.acl .
84.El
85.Sh FILES
86.Bl -tag -width /var/yp/yppasswdd.log -compact
87.It Pa /var/yp/yppasswdd.log
88.It Pa /etc/passwd
89.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
90.El
91.Sh SEE ALSO
92.Xr yp 8 ,
93.Xr ypserv.acl 5 ,
94.Xr securenet 5 ,
95.Xr ypbind 1
96.Sh AUTHOR
97Mats O Jansson <moj@stacken.kth.se>