HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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yppasswdd(1M) yppasswdd(1M)
vipw also uses /var/adm/ptmp
when updating /etc/passwd (see vipw(1M)). As a result,
yppasswdd competes with vipw when it updates passwd_file if passwd_file is
/etc/passwd.
AUTHOR
yppasswdd was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
FILES
/var/adm/ptmp
lock file used when updating passwd_file
SEE ALSO
domainname(1), yppasswd(1), vipw(1M), ypmake(1M), yppasswd(3N), passwd(4), publickey(4), ypfiles(4).
HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003 − 2 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1M−−935