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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 | 23 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index 2702266d0c5..feab72f3b2a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.8 1999/06/05 01:21:36 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.9 2000/03/10 20:17:49 aaron Exp $ +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ .\" This should really be: passwd [-l] [-y] [-k [-n name] [-i instance] [-r realm] [-u username[.instance][@realm]]] [user] .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm passwd -changes the user's local, Kerberos, or YP password. First, the user is prompted -for their current password. +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 requested. The new password must be entered twice to avoid typing errors. @@ -64,15 +65,19 @@ Its total length must be less than (currently 128 characters). Numbers, upper case letters and meta-characters are encouraged. +.Pp +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width flag .It Fl l Causes the password to be updated only in the local -password file. When changing only the local password, -.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 +password file. +When changing only the local password, +.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 is used to update the password databases. .It Fl y Forces the YP password database entry to be changed, even if -the user has an entry in the local database. The +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 @@ -91,10 +96,10 @@ flag is specified: .It Fl n Ar name Specifies a .Ar name -that will be used as the principal name rather than the username +that will be used as the principal name rather than the username of the user running .Nm passwd . -(This is determined from the ticket file if it exists; otherwise, +(This is determined from the ticket file if it exists; otherwise, it is determined from the Unix user ID.) .It Fl i Ar instance Specifies an @@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ Specifies a .Ar realm instead of the local realm. .It Fl u Ar username[.instance][@realm] -Specifies a fully qualified kerberos principal. +Specifies a fully qualified Kerberos principal. .El .Pp This is the behavior if no flags are specified: |