September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
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Name
yppasswd
Synopsis
yppasswd [options] [name]
NFS/NIS command. Change login password in Network Information Service. Create or change your password, and distribute the new password over NIS. The superuser can change the password for any user. This command may also be invoked as ypchfn and ypchsh.
Options
- -f
Update the password information field (the GECOS field). Using this option is the same as ypchfn.
- -l
Update the login shell. Using this option is the same as ypchsh.
- -p
Update the password. This is the default behavior for yppasswd.