YPCHPASS(1)                                                        YPCHPASS(1)


NAME
     ypchpass - change selected NIS passwd fields

SYNOPSIS
     ypchpass [-f fullname] [-h home] [-s shell] [name]

DESCRIPTION
     Ypchpass changes selected passwd(4) fields associated with the user name
     (your own name by default) in the network information service (NIS)
     passwd databases.  The passwd fields that can be modified with ypchpass
     may have different contents from those for the same user in the local
     /etc/passwd file.

     If invoked without options, ypchpass invokes the editor named by the
     environment variable EDITOR, or vi(1) if EDITOR is null or unset, to edit
     a template of selected passwd fields.  After the user has edited this
     template and changed or added appropriate field contents, ypchpass checks
     the updated contents.  If they are well-formed, it updates the NIS
     databases.  Otherwise it prompts the user to re-edit the template.

     If invoked with options, ypchpass updates the NIS databases based on the
     options' arguments and does not interactively acquire new field contents
     using an editor.

     -f fullname     Change the user's real name field to contain fullname.  A
                     useful convention, observed by finger(1), divides this
                     field into four comma-separated parts: the user's real
                     name, office, extension, and home phone.

     -h home         Change the initial working directory field to home.

     -s shell        Change the shell field to shell.

     Only the owner of name may change its passwd fields.

     Use yppasswd(1) to change a user's password.

RESTRICTIONS
     Ypchpass only works with SGI NIS masters.

SEE ALSO
     ypfiles(4), rpc.passwd(1M)


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