CHPASS(1) - General Commands Manual # CHPASS(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # chpass, chfn, chsh - add or change user database information
SYNOPSIS # chpass [-s newshell] [user]
chpass -a list
DESCRIPTION # chpass allows editing of the user database information associated with user, or, by default, the current user. The information is formatted and supplied to an editor for changes.
Only the information that the user is allowed to change is displayed.
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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.
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Adduser,
Login.conf,
Login,
Makefile.yp,
Netid,
Getpwent,
Chpass,
Yp,
Pwd_mkdb,
Vipw,
Crypt,
Netgroup,
Passwd 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.
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PWD_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual # PWD_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # pwd_mkdb - generate the password databases
SYNOPSIS # pwd_mkdb [-c] [-p | -s] [-d directory] [-u username] file
DESCRIPTION # pwd_mkdb creates a pair of Berkeley databases from file and installs them into /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db. The file argument is renamed to /etc/master.passwd.
The options are as follows:
-c
Check whether file is in the correct format.
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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).
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