pwupdate8
Updates passwd and shadow nis map
Usage
/usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [shadow]
Overview
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
Releases
15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 2 times.