PWUPDATE(8)

NAME
       pwupdate - updates passwd and shadow NIS map

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/yp/pwupdate [ shadow ]

DESCRIPTION
       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

SEE ALSO
       rpc.yppasswdd(8) ypserv(8) 

AUTHOR
       Olaf Kirch lt;okir@monad.swb.de,
       Thorsten Kukuk lt;kukuk@uni-paderborn.de