YPPASSWD

Section: RPC Services Library (3R)
Updated: 10 August 1985
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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 */
        };