PWUPDATE(8)

NAME
pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map

SYNOPSIS
/usr/libexec/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>