PASSWD(1) - General Commands Manual # PASSWD(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # passwd - modify a user’s password SYNOPSIS # passwd [user] DESCRIPTION # passwd changes the user’s password. If no user is specified, the user’s login name is used (see logname(1)). 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. ...
PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual # PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # passwd, master.passwd - format of the password file DESCRIPTION # The master.passwd file, readable only by root, consists of newline-separated records, one per user, containing ten colon separated fields. These fields are as follows: name User’s login name. password User’s encrypted password. uid User’s login user ID. gid User’s login group ID. class User’s general classification (see login. ...
SSHD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # SSHD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # sshd - OpenSSH daemon SYNOPSIS # sshd [-46DdeGiqTtV] [-C connection_spec] [-c host_certificate_file] [-E log_file] [-f config_file] [-g login_grace_time] [-h host_key_file] [-o option] [-p port] [-u len] DESCRIPTION # sshd (OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for ssh(1). It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. sshd listens for connections from clients. It is normally started at boot from /etc/rc. ...
SU(1) - General Commands Manual # SU(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # su - substitute user identity SYNOPSIS # su [-fKLlm] [-a auth-type] [-c login-class] [-s login-shell] [login [shell-argument …]] DESCRIPTION # The su utility allows a user to run a shell with the user and group ID of another user without having to log out and in as that other user. All of the real, effective, and saved user and group IDs as well as all supplementary group IDs are always set according to the target user. ...
TOKENADM(8) - System Manager’s Manual # TOKENADM(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # activadm, cryptoadm, snkadm - manage the ActivCard, CRYPTOCard and SNK-004 token databases SYNOPSIS # tokenadm [-1BDdEeRrT] [-m [-]mode] [user …] DESCRIPTION # The tokenadm utility displays and edits user entries in the various token databases. It may also be invoked as one the following: activadm, cryptoadm, or snkadm. The options are as follows: -1 Display users, one per line. ...
USERMGMT.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # USERMGMT.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # usermgmt.conf - user management tools configuration file DESCRIPTION # The usermgmt.conf file defines the default values used by the user management tools, user(8). Options in this file can be set by manually editing /etc/usermgmt.conf or using the -D option to useradd(8). base_dir Sets the base directory name, in which new users’ home directories are created when using the -m option to useradd(8). ...
VIPW(8) - System Manager’s Manual # VIPW(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # vipw - edit the password file SYNOPSIS # vipw DESCRIPTION # vipw edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks, and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If the password file is already locked for editing by another user, vipw will ask you to try again later. The default editor for vipw is vi(1). ...