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diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b07f93 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)passwd.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt PASSWD 1 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm passwd +.Nd modify a user's password +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm passwd +.Op Fl l +.Op Ar user +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Passwd +changes the user's Kerberos password. First, the user is prompted for their +current password. +If the current password is correctly typed, a new password is +requested. +The new password must be entered twice to avoid typing errors. +.Pp +The new password should be at least six characters long and not +purely alphabetic. +Its total length must be less than +.Dv _PASSWORD_LEN +(currently 128 characters). +Numbers, upper case letters and meta characters +are encouraged. +.Pp +Once the password has been verified, +.Nm passwd +communicates the new password information to +the Kerberos authenticating host. +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl l +This option causes the password to be updated only in the local +password file, and not with the Kerberos database. +When changing only the local password, +.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 +is used to update the password databases. +.El +.Pp +To change another user's Kerberos password, one must first +run +.Xr kinit 1 +followed by +.Xr passwd 1 . +The super-user is not required to provide a user's current password +if only the local password is modified. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact +.It Pa /etc/master.passwd +The user database +.It Pa /etc/passwd +A Version 7 format password file +.It Pa /etc/passwd.XXXXXX +Temporary copy of the password file +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chpass 1 , +.Xr kerberos 1 , +.Xr kinit 1 , +.Xr login 1 , +.Xr passwd 5 , +.Xr kpasswdd 8 , +.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , +.Xr vipw 8 +.Rs +.%A Robert Morris +.%A Ken Thompson +.%T "UNIX password security" +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm passwd +command appeared in +.At v6 . |