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yppasswd(1)

yppasswdd(1M)

yppasswd(3R)

NAME

yppasswd − update user password in Yellow Pages

PROTOCOL

/usr/include/rpcsvc/yppasswd.x

DESCRIPTION

The yppasswd protocol is used to change a user’s password entry in the YP password database. 

PROGRAMMING

#include <rpcsvc/yppasswd.h>
yppasswd(oldpass, newpw)
char ∗oldpass
struct passwd ∗newpw;

If oldpass is indeed the old user password, this routine replaces the password entry with newpw. It returns 0 if successful.

SEE ALSO

yppasswd(1), yppasswdd(1M)

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