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YPPASSWD(3R)							  YPPASSWD(3R)

NAME
       yppasswd - update user password in yellow pages

SYNPOSIS
       #include <rpcsvc/yppasswd.h>
       yppasswd(oldpass, newpw)
	    char *oldpass
	    struct passwd *newpw;

DESCRIPTION
       If  oldpass  is indeed the old user password, this routine replaces the
       password entry with newpw.  It returns 0 if successful.

RPC INFO
       program number:
	    YPPASSWDPROG
       xdr routines:
	    xdr_ppasswd(xdrs, yp)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct yppasswd *yp;
	    xdr_yppasswd(xdrs, pw)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct passwd *pw;
       procs:
	    YPPASSWDPROC_UPDATE
		 Takes struct yppasswd as argument, returns integer.
		 Same behavior as yppasswd() wrapper.
		 Uses UNIX authentication.
       versions:
	    YPPASSWDVERS_ORIG
       structures:
	    struct yppasswd {
		 char *oldpass; /* old (unencrypted) password */
		 struct passwd newpw;	  /* new pw structure */
	    };

SEE ALSO
       yppasswd(1), yppasswdd(8C)

				10 August 1985			  YPPASSWD(3R)
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