man pwupdate (Administration système) - updates passwd and shadow NIS map
NAME
pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [ shadow ]
DESCRIPTION
pwupdate is invoked by rpc.yppasswdd(8) after changing the password and it should update the passwd and shadow NIS map. Never run it by hand.
OPTIONS
- shadow
- Normally, only the passwd map will be updated. With this option, pwupdate will update the shadow map, too.
FILES
- /etc/passwd
- /etc/shadow
SEE ALSO
rpc.yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8)
AUTHOR
Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>,
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>