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| author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
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| committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
| commit | ad8a79e6a5c75acf360e9310860387b68066c0b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 9eb4b7d718b67229ee4b8e61e9cad466a5a36945 /usr.bin/passwd | |
| parent | e2acd5cecf61f060255d467b8d38cd35f941fb1c (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-ad8a79e6a5c75acf360e9310860387b68066c0b7.zip FreeBSD-src-ad8a79e6a5c75acf360e9310860387b68066c0b7.tar.gz | |
Use `The .Nm utility'
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/passwd')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index abd51e8..b62bbbd 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ .Op Fl h Ar host .Op Fl o .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Passwd -changes the user's local, Kerberos, or NIS password. +The +.Nm +utility changes the user's local, Kerberos, or NIS password. If the user is not the super-user, .Nm first prompts for the current password and will not continue unless the correct @@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ password is entered. .Pp When entering the new password, the characters entered do not echo, in order to avoid the password being seen by a passer-by. +The .Nm -prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors. +utility prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors. .Pp The new password should be at least six characters long (which may be overridden using the @@ -106,8 +108,9 @@ followed by The super-user is not required to provide a user's current password if only the local password is modified. .Sh NIS INTERACTION -.Nm Passwd -has built-in support for NIS. +The +.Nm +utility has built-in support for NIS. If a user exists in the NIS password database but does not exist locally, .Nm |
