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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-04-24 12:34:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-04-24 12:34:40 +0000 |
commit | b8d6028c2f53651077ed870ad3d6ae61890bbb97 (patch) | |
tree | 3087c3ebfe2b0c374ae4a21ffd63a904f5a8325d | |
parent | 2f8f6b3af0ca690b764f9e6a247ce4c9f5331fa3 (diff) |
fix errors, change description of non-existant command yppasswd, point at yp(8)
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 | 39 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 b/libexec/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 index 3c299eedd9e..e6ae88b2d33 100644 --- a/libexec/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 +++ b/libexec/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 @@ -25,46 +25,38 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: rpc.yppasswdd.8,v 1.2 1995/11/01 17:40:34 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $Id: rpc.yppasswdd.8,v 1.3 1996/04/24 12:34:39 deraadt Exp $ .\" .Dd July 3, 1994 -.Dt YPPASSWDD 8 -.Os NetBSD 0.9a +.Dt RPC.YPPASSWDD 8 +.Os .Sh NAME -.Nm yppasswd, rpc.yppasswdd +.Nm rpc.yppasswdd .Nd YP update password file daemon .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd +.Nm rpc.yppasswdd .Op Fl noshell .Op Fl nogecos .Op Fl nopw .Op Fl m Ar arg1 arg2 ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Yppasswdd +.Nm rpc.yppasswdd must be running on the YP master server to allow users to change information -in the password file. If the user needs to change password this is normaly -done with a program called +in the password file. If the user needs to change his password this is +normally done with a program called .Nm yppasswd . -This program doesn't exists in NetBSD but is integrated into -.Xr passwd 1 . -Forced usage of YP password change can be done with +This program doesn't exists in OpenBSD but is integrated into +.Xr passwd 1 . +.Nm passwd +will automatically determine which password database should +be modified. +To force a change of a YP password when a local one also exists, use .Nm passwd -y . .Pp Other user information can be changed with .Xr chpass 1 . - -Usage of the equivalent to -.Nm yppasswd -can be done with an -.Ar y -switch to -.Nm passwd . - handles changes in the passwd file. -is a fundamental part of the Network Information Service (NIS). -This server provides information from YP maps to the YP clients -on the network. .Pp -IF the file +If the file .Nm /var/yp/yppasswdd.log exists then messages will be written to the file. .Pp @@ -90,6 +82,7 @@ man page for .It Pa /etc/master.passwd .El .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr yp 8 , .Xr ypserv.acl 5 , .Xr securenet 5 , .Xr ypbind 1 |