pwupdate (8) Linux Manual Page
pwupdate – updates passwd and shadow NIS map
Synopsis
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/usr/lib/yp/pwupdate[shadow]
Description
pwupdate
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,
pwupdatewill update the shadow map, too.
Files
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow
See Also
rpc.yppasswdd(8), ypserv(8)
Author
Olaf Kirch <okir [at] monad.swb.de>, Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk [at] suse.de>