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>