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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1')
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index bc8f837f8c6..496820e21c6 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.6 1998/01/20 19:51:58 art Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.7 1998/09/27 16:57:49 aaron Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ .Op Ar user .\" This should really be: passwd [-l] [-y] [-k [-n name] [-i instance] [-r realm] [-u username[.instance][@realm]]] [user] .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Passwd +.Nm passwd changes the user's local, Kerberos, or YP password. First, the user is prompted for their current password. If the current password is correctly typed, a new password is @@ -62,21 +62,21 @@ purely alphabetic. Its total length must be less than .Dv _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128 characters). -Numbers, upper case letters and meta characters +Numbers, upper case letters and meta-characters are encouraged. .Bl -tag -width flag .It Fl l -This option causes the password to be updated only in the local +Causes the password to be updated only in the local password file. When changing only the local password, .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 is used to update the password databases. .It Fl y -This forces the YP password database entry to be changed, even if +Forces the YP password database entry to be changed, even if the user has an entry in the local database. The .Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8 daemon should be running on the YP master server. .It Fl k -This option forces the change to affect the Kerberos database, even +Forces the change to affect the Kerberos database, even if the user has a password in the local database. Once the password has been verified, .Nm passwd @@ -86,33 +86,33 @@ the Kerberos authenticating host. .Pp The following flags are only used when the .Fl k -flag is specified. +flag is specified: .Bl -tag -width flag -.It Fl n -This option lets you specify a -.Nm name +.It Fl n Ar name +Specifies a +.Ar name that will be used as the principal name rather than the username of the user running -.Nm passwd. +.Nm passwd . (This is determined from the ticket file if it exists; otherwise, -it is determined from the unix user id.) -.It Fl i -This option lets you specify an -.Nm instance +it is determined from the Unix user ID.) +.It Fl i Ar instance +Specifies an +.Ar instance to use rather than a null instance. -.It Fl r -This option lets you use -.Nm realm +.It Fl r Ar realm +Specifies a +.Ar realm instead of the local realm. -.It Fl u -This option lets you specify a fully qualified kerberos principal. +.It Fl u Ar username[.instance][@realm] +Specifies a fully qualified kerberos principal. .El .Pp This is the behavior if no flags are specified: if Kerberos is active then .Nm passwd will talk to the Kerberos server (even if the user has an entry -in the local database.) +in the local database). If the password is not in the local password database, then an attempt is made to use the YP database. .Pp @@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ It can be different for local and YP passwords. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact .It Pa /etc/master.passwd -The user database +user database .It Pa /etc/passwd -A Version 7 format password file +a Version 7 format password file .It Pa /etc/passwd.XXXXXX -Temporary copy of the password file +temporary copy of the password file .It /etc/passwd.conf -Configuration options +configuration options .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chpass 1 , |