chpass.1 (da52b4caaf187775f6b56a72c6b16e94ad728f7b) chpass.1 (7e700c30d24694a2e3da34e763eb33f40c662442)
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312changing other fields could be added, this would lead to
313compatibility problems with other NIS-capable systems.
314Even though the super-user may supply data for other fields
315while editing an entry, the extra information (other than the
316password -- see below) will be silently discarded.
317.Pp
318Exception: the super-user on the NIS master server is permitted to
319change any field.
1.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990, 1993
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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312changing other fields could be added, this would lead to
313compatibility problems with other NIS-capable systems.
314Even though the super-user may supply data for other fields
315while editing an entry, the extra information (other than the
316password -- see below) will be silently discarded.
317.Pp
318Exception: the super-user on the NIS master server is permitted to
319change any field.
320.Pp
321.It
322.Em "Password authentication is required" .
323The
324.Nm
325utility will prompt for the user's NIS password before effecting
326any changes.
327If the password is invalid, all changes will be
328discarded.

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428option, the hostname defaults to
429.Dq localhost .
430The
431.Fl h
432option can be used in conjunction with the
433.Fl d
434option, in which case the user-specified hostname will override
435the default.
320.It
321.Em "Password authentication is required" .
322The
323.Nm
324utility will prompt for the user's NIS password before effecting
325any changes.
326If the password is invalid, all changes will be
327discarded.

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427option, the hostname defaults to
428.Dq localhost .
429The
430.Fl h
431option can be used in conjunction with the
432.Fl d
433option, in which case the user-specified hostname will override
434the default.
436.Pp
437.It Fl o
438Force the use of RPC-based updates when communicating with
439.Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8
440.Pq Dq old-mode .
441When invoked by the super-user on the NIS master server,
442.Nm
443allows unrestricted changes to the NIS passwd maps using dedicated,
444non-RPC-based mechanism (in this case, a

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435.It Fl o
436Force the use of RPC-based updates when communicating with
437.Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8
438.Pq Dq old-mode .
439When invoked by the super-user on the NIS master server,
440.Nm
441allows unrestricted changes to the NIS passwd maps using dedicated,
442non-RPC-based mechanism (in this case, a

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