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27.Dd February 26, 2005
28.Dt RPC.YPPASSWDD 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
32.Nd NIS update password file daemon
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl d Ar directory
36.Op Fl noshell
37.Op Fl nogecos
38.Op Fl nopw
39.Op Fl m Ar arg1 Op Ar arg2 ...
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41.Nm
42must be running on the
43.Tn NIS
44master server to allow users to change information
45in the password file.
46.Pp
47The options are as follows:
48.Bl -tag -width XdXdirectoryXX -offset indent
49.It Fl d Ar directory
50Change the root directory of the password file from
51.Dq Pa /
52to
53.Ar directory .
54It is important to create the binary database files (pwd.db and spwd.db)
55when using this switch or the password change will fail.
56The databases need to be created only once with the following command:
57.Pp
58.Dl pwd_mkdb -d directory directory/etc/master.passwd
59.It Fl noshell
60Don't allow changes of the shell field in the passwd file.
61.It Fl nogecos
62Don't allow changes of the gecos field in the passwd file.
63.It Fl nopw
64Don't allow changes of the password in the passwd file.
65.It Fl m Ar arg1 Op Ar arg2 ...
66Additional arguments to pass to
67.Ar make
68in
69.Ar /var/yp .
70.El
71.Sh FILES
72.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
73.It Pa /etc/passwd
74.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
75.El
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr chpass 1 ,
78.Xr passwd 1 ,
79.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
80.Xr nis 8 ,
81.Xr ypbind 8 ,
82.Xr ypserv 8
83.Sh AUTHORS
84.An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj@stacken.kth.se
85