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>