.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: rpc.yppasswdd.8,v 1.2 1995/11/01 17:40:34 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $Id: rpc.yppasswdd.8,v 1.3 1996/04/24 12:34:39 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.Dd July 3, 1994
-.Dt YPPASSWDD 8
-.Os NetBSD 0.9a
+.Dt RPC.YPPASSWDD 8
+.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm yppasswd, rpc.yppasswdd
+.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
.Nd YP update password file daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm /usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd
+.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
.Op Fl noshell
.Op Fl nogecos
.Op Fl nopw
.Op Fl m Ar arg1 arg2 ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Yppasswdd
+.Nm rpc.yppasswdd
must be running on the YP master server to allow users to change information
-in the password file. If the user needs to change password this is normaly
-done with a program called
+in the password file. If the user needs to change his password this is
+normally done with a program called
.Nm yppasswd .
-This program doesn't exists in NetBSD but is integrated into
-.Xr passwd 1 .
-Forced usage of YP password change can be done with
+This program doesn't exists in OpenBSD but is integrated into
+.Xr passwd 1 .
+.Nm passwd
+will automatically determine which password database should
+be modified.
+To force a change of a YP password when a local one also exists, use
.Nm passwd -y .
.Pp
Other user information can be changed with
.Xr chpass 1 .
-
-Usage of the equivalent to
-.Nm yppasswd
-can be done with an
-.Ar y
-switch to
-.Nm passwd .
- handles changes in the passwd file.
-is a fundamental part of the Network Information Service (NIS).
-This server provides information from YP maps to the YP clients
-on the network.
.Pp
-IF the file
+If the file
.Nm /var/yp/yppasswdd.log
exists then messages will be written to the file.
.Pp
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr yp 8 ,
.Xr ypserv.acl 5 ,
.Xr securenet 5 ,
.Xr ypbind 1