yppasswd(1yp)yppasswd(1yp)Name
yppasswd - change password in yellow pages (YP) service.
Syntax
yppasswd [ name ]
Description
The command lets you change your password in the yellow pages (YP) map, a network data base service. Only you or the superuser can change
your YP password.
When you enter the command, the program prompts you for the old password and then for the new password. Note that the passwords are not
displayed on the screen.
Next, the program asks you for the new password again, to verify that you have typed it correctly. If you do not type the passwords cor-
rectly, you will receive an error message after you enter the new password.
Your new YP password must meet one of the following requirements:
o It must be a combination of at least six alphanumeric characters, or
o It must be a minimum of four characters, with at least one being non-alphanumeric, such as a control sequence.
The command does not change the YP password. This command only changes the local password file and not the YP master password file. See
Chapter 3 of the Guide to the Yellow Pages Service for further information.
Diagnostics
Please use a longer password
Your new password does not meet the minimum length requirement.
Mismatch- password unchanged
You misspelled your new password or its verification.
couldn't change passwd
Your new password can not be activated. It must be different from your old password and your login name.
Files
Password file
Yellow Pages directory
See Alsopasswd(1), passwd(5yp), ypfiles(5yp), yppasswdd(8yp)
Guide to the Yellow Pages Service
yppasswd(1yp)
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yppasswdd(8yp)yppasswdd(8yp)Name
yppasswdd - server daemon for modifying the yellow pages (YP) password file
Syntax
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd file [ -m arg1 arg2 ... ]
Description
The daemon is a server that handles password change requests from It changes a password entry in the specified file, which is assumed to be
in the same format described in An entry in file will be changed only if the password presented by matches the encrypted password of that
entry.
If the option is given, then after file is modified, a will be performed in Any arguments following the flag will be passed to The option
should be set only at a YP master server machine.
This server is not run by default, nor can it be started up from If it is desired to enable remote password updating for the yellow pages,
then an entry for should be put in the file of the host serving as the master for the yellow pages file.
Examples
If the yellow pages password file is stored as then to have password changes propagated immediately, the server should be invoked as:
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/src/passwd -m passwd DIR= /var/yp/src
FilesSee Alsoyppasswd(1yp), passwd(5yp), ypfiles(5yp), ypmake(8yp)yppasswdd(8yp)
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