1rpc.nispasswdd(1M) System Administration Commands rpc.nispasswdd(1M)
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6 rpc.nispasswdd, nispasswdd - NIS+ password update daemon
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9 /usr/sbin/rpc.nispasswdd [-a attempts] [-c minutes] [-D]
10 [-g] [-v]
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14 rpc.nispasswdd daemon is an ONC+ RPC service that services password
15 update requests from nispasswd(1) and yppasswd(1). It updates password
16 entries in the NIS+ passwd table.
17 rpc.nispasswdd is normally started from a system startup script after
20 the NIS+ server (rpc.nisd(1M)) has been started. rpc.nispasswdd will
21 determine whether it is running on a machine that is a master server
22 for one or more NIS+ directories. If it discovers that the host is not
23 a master server, then it will promptly exit. It will also determine if
24 rpc.nisd(1M) is running in NIS (YP) compatibility mode (the -Yoption)
25 and will register as yppasswdd for NIS (YP) clients as well.
26 rpc.nispasswdd will syslog all failed password update attempts, which
29 will allow an administrator to determine whether someone was trying to
30 "crack" the passwords.
31 rpc.nispasswdd has to be run by a superuser.
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36 -a attempts Set the maximum number of attempts allowed to authenti‐
37 cate the caller within a password update request ses‐
38 sion. Failed attempts are syslogd(1M) and the request is
39 cached by the daemon. After the maximum number of
40 allowed attempts the daemon severs the connection to the
41 client. The default value is set to 3.
42 -c minutes Set the number of minutes a failed password update
45 request should be cached by the daemon. This is the time
46 during which if the daemon receives further password
47 update requests for the same user and authentication of
48 the caller fails, then the daemon will simply not
49 respond. The default value is set to 30minutes.
50 -D Debug. Run in debugging mode.
53 -g Generate DES credential. By default the DES credential
56 is not generated for the user if they do not have one.
57 By specifying this option, if the user does not have a
58 credential, then one will be generated for them and
59 stored in the NIS+ cred table.
60 -v Verbose. With this option, the daemon sends a running
63 narration of what it is doing to the syslog daemon. This
64 option is useful for debugging problems.
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68 0 success
69 1 an error has occurred.
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75 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
76 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
81 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
82 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
83 │Availability │SUNWnisu │
84 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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87 svcs(1), nispasswd(1), passwd(1), yppasswd(1), rpc.nisd(1M), sys‐
88 logd(1M), svcadm(1M), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5), smf(5)
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91 NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris Operating
92 system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in
93 the current Solaris release. For more information, visit
94 http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
95 The rpc.nispasswdd service is managed by the service management facil‐
98 ity, smf(5), under the service identifier:
99 svc:/network/rpc/nisplus:default
101 Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
106 requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The service's
107 status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.
108SunOS 5.11 13 Aug 2004 rpc.nispasswdd(1M)