1PWUPDATE(8)                      NYS YP Server                     PWUPDATE(8)
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NAME

6       pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [shadow]
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DESCRIPTION

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

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

21       /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow
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SEE ALSO

24       rpc.yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8)
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AUTHOR

27       Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>, Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
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31Jan 1998                          11/12/2021                       PWUPDATE(8)