rpc.nispasswdd(1M) System Administration Commands rpc.nispasswdd(1M)NAME
rpc.nispasswdd, nispasswdd - NIS+ password update daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/rpc.nispasswdd [-a attempts] [-c minutes] [-D] [-g] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
rpc.nispasswdd daemon is an ONC+ RPC service that services password
update requests from nispasswd(1) and yppasswd(1). It updates password
entries in the NIS+ passwd table.
rpc.nispasswdd is normally started from a system startup script after
the NIS+ server (rpc.nisd(1M)) has been started. rpc.nispasswdd will
determine whether it is running on a machine that is a master server
for one or more NIS+ directories. If it discovers that the host is not
a master server, then it will promptly exit. It will also determine if
rpc.nisd(1M) is running in NIS (YP) compatibility mode (the -Yoption)
and will register as yppasswdd for NIS (YP) clients as well.
rpc.nispasswdd will syslog all failed password update attempts, which
will allow an administrator to determine whether someone was trying to
"crack" the passwords.
rpc.nispasswdd has to be run by a superuser.
OPTIONS-a attempts Set the maximum number of attempts allowed to authenti‐
cate the caller within a password update request ses‐
sion. Failed attempts are syslogd(1M) and the request
is cached by the daemon. After the maximum number of
allowed attempts the daemon severs the connection to
the client. The default value is set to 3.
-c minutes Set the number of minutes a failed password update
request should be cached by the daemon. This is the
time during which if the daemon receives further pass‐
word update requests for the same user and authentica‐
tion of the caller fails, then the daemon will simply
not respond. The default value is set to 30minutes.
-D Debug. Run in debugging mode.
-g Generate DES credential. By default the DES credential
is not generated for the user if they do not have one.
By specifying this option, if the user does not have a
credential, then one will be generated for them and
stored in the NIS+ cred table.
-v Verbose. With this option, the daemon sends a running
narration of what it is doing to the syslog daemon.
This option is useful for debugging problems.
EXIT STATUS
0 success
1 an error has occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWnisu │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsvcs(1), nispasswd(1), passwd(1), yppasswd(1), rpc.nisd(1M), sys‐
logd(1M), svcadm(1M), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5), smf(5)NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris Operating
system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in
the current Solaris release. For more information, visit
http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.
The rpc.nispasswdd service is managed by the service management facil‐
ity, smf(5), under the service identifier:
svc:/network/rpc/nisplus:default
Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The service's
status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.
SunOS 5.10 13 Aug 2004 rpc.nispasswdd(1M)
