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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 index b875f5c..bde673a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 @@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ the .Xr ypchsh 1 , or .Xr ypchpass 1 -commands. (Some administrators don't want users to be able to change their +commands. +(Some administrators don't want users to be able to change their full name information or shells; the server can be invoked with option flags -that disallow such changes.) When the server receives an update request, +that disallow such changes.) +When the server receives an update request, it compares the address of the client making the request against the .Pa securenets rules outlined in @@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ the template password file (the default is .Pa /var/yp/master.passwd ) and then runs the .Pa /usr/libexec/yppwupdate -script to rebuild the NIS maps. (This script has two arguments passed +script to rebuild the NIS maps. +(This script has two arguments passed to it: the absolute pathname of the password template that was modified and the name of the domain that is to be updated. These in turn are @@ -216,8 +219,10 @@ will search through all the passwd maps of all the domains it can find under .Pa /var/yp until it finds an entry that matches the user information specified in -a given update request. (Matches are determined by checking the username, -UID and GID fields.) The matched entry and corresponding domain are then +a given update request. +(Matches are determined by checking the username, +UID and GID fields.) +The matched entry and corresponding domain are then used for the update. .Pp Note that in order for multi-domain mode to work, there have to be |
