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yppasswd(3N)							  yppasswd(3N)

NAME
       yppasswd() - update user password in Network Information Service

SYNOPSIS
       [flag]... file... [library]...

DESCRIPTION
       If oldpass is the old, unencrypted user password, this routine replaces
       the password entry with the encrypted newpw.

   RPC Info
       Program number:

       XDR routines:

	      xdr_yppasswd(xdrs, yp)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct yppasswd *yp;
	      xdr_passwd(xdrs, pw)
		 XDR *xdrs;
		 struct passwd *pw;

       Procs:

	      Takes struct yppasswd as an argument; returns an integer.
		     Behaves the same as the yppasswd() function.   Uses  UNIX
		     authentication.

       Versions:

       Structures:

	      struct yppasswd {
		 char *oldpass;	       /* old (unencrypted) password */
		 struct passwd newpw;  /* new pw structure */
	      };

MULTITHREAD USAGE
       Thread Safe:	     Yes
       Cancel Safe:	     Yes
       Fork Safe:	     No
       Async-cancel Safe:    No
       Async-signal Safe:    No

       These  functions	 can  be called safely in a multithreaded environment.
       They may be cancellation points in that they call  functions  that  are
       cancel points.

       In  a  multithreaded  environment,  these  functions are not safe to be
       called by a child process after and before These functions  should  not
       be called by a multithreaded application that support asynchronous can‐
       cellation or asynchronous signals.

RETURN VALUE
       returns 0 if successful and -1 if an error occurs.

AUTHOR
       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO
       yppasswd(1), yppasswdd(1M).

								  yppasswd(3N)

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