Changing NIS Passwords

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Users can change their password using any of three methods. If the user is logged on to the master server, and you use the /etc/passwd file on the master server to build the passwd map, the user can:

Use the Web-based System Manager. Start it by typing wsm on the command line.
Enter the SMIT fast path, smit passwd
Enter the command, passwd

All of these methods change the user's entry in the /etc/passwd file. You must rebuild the passwd map manually (see Changing an NIS Map). If the yppasswdd daemon is running on the master server, users can change their password from any host in the domain by entering the command:

yppasswd

This command changes the user's password in the passwd map itself, as well as the /etc/passwd file, and thus requires no intervention by the system administrator. (For more information on the yppasswdd daemon, see Configuring the NIS Master Server).