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.TH PWUPDATE 8 "Jan 1998" "NYS YP Server" "Linux Reference Manual"
.SH NAME
pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B
/usr/lib/yp/pwupdate
[
.B shadow
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pwupdate
is invoked by
.BR rpc.yppasswdd (8)
after changing the password and it should update the passwd and shadow NIS map.
Never run it by hand.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B shadow
Normally, only the passwd map will be updated. With this option,
.B pwupdate
will update the shadow map, too.
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.TP 20
/etc/passwd
.TP
/etc/shadow
.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR rpc.yppasswdd (8),
.BR ypserv (8)
.SH AUTHOR
Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>,
.br
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>