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PWUPDATE (8)

updates passwd and shadow NIS map

SYNOPSIS

    /usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [ shadow ]

DESCRIPTION

    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.

OPTIONS

    shadow

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

FILES

    /etc/passwd

    /etc/shadow

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

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