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>