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pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map

/usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [ shadow ]

pwupdate is invoked by rpc.yppasswdd(8) after changing the password and it should update the passwd and shadow NIS map. Never run it by hand.

Normally, only the passwd map will be updated. With this option, pwupdate will update the shadow map, too.

/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

rpc.yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8)

Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>,
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>

Jan 1998 NYS YP Server