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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8
index 46877c1..0da25ee 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-daemon allows users to change their NIS passwords and certain
+utility allows users to change their NIS passwords and certain
other information using the
.Xr yppasswd 1
and
.Xr ypchpass 1
commands.
-.Nm Rpc.yppasswdd
+The
+.Nm
+utility
is an RPC-based server that accepts incoming password change requests,
authenticates them, places the updated information in the
.Pa /var/yp/master.passwd
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ maps.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-server allows a normal NIS user to change
+utility allows a normal NIS user to change
his or her NIS password, full name (also
known as 'GECOS' field) or shell.
These updates are typically done using
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ rules outlined in
.Xr ypserv 8
manual page for more information on securenets; the
.Nm
-server uses the same access control mechanism as
+utility uses the same access control mechanism as
.Xr ypserv 8 . )
.Pp
The server then
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ the network.
.Pp
The
.Nm
-daemon can only be run on a machine that is an NIS master server.
+utility can only be run on a machine that is an NIS master server.
.Sh OPTIONS
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ maps.
.It Fl d Ar domain
The
.Nm
-server can support multiple domains, however it must
+utility can support multiple domains, however it must
choose one domain as a default.
It will try to use the system default domain name as set by the
.Xr domainname 1
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