Allows you to change your
password.
| -r |
Specifies the repository to which an operation is applied. The supported repositories are files, nis
or nisplus. |
| -a |
Show password attributes for all entries. Use only with the -s option; name must not be provided. For the nisplus repository, this will show only the
entries in the NIS+ password table in the local domain that the invoker is authorized to "read".
For the files repository, this is restricted to the
superuser. |
| -d |
Deletes password for name. The login name will not be prompted for password. It is only applicable to the files repository. |
| -l |
Locks password entry for name. |
| -e |
Change the login shell. For the files repository, this only works for the super-user. Normal users may change the nis or nisplus repositories. The
choice of shell is limited by the requirements of getusershell(3C). If the user currently has a shell that is not allowed by getusershell , only root may change it. |
| -f |
Force the user to change password at the next login by expiring the password for name. |
| -g |
Change the gecos (finger) information. For the files repository, this only works for the
superuser. Normal users may change the nis or nisplus repositories. |
| -h |
Change the home directory. |
| -n
min |
Set minimum field for name. The min field contains the minimum number of days between password changes for name. If min is greater than max, the user may not change the password. Always use this option with the -x option, unless max is set to -1
(aging turned off). In that case, min need not be set. |
| -s |
Displays
information including your username and if you do/don't have a
password (This command will not actually show the password.)
Below is the format the password
information for the login id will be displayed:
name status mm/dd/yy min max
warn
| name |
The login ID of the user. |
| status |
Status of the name:
PS = Passworded
LK = Locked
NP = No Password |
| mm/dd/yy |
The month date and year that
the password was last changed. This information is derived
from the Greenwich Mean Time (Universal Time) and
therefore may differ by as much as a day in some times
zones. |
| min |
The minimum number of days
between password changes. |
| max |
The maximum number of days the
password is valid for the name. |
| warn |
The number of days relative to
max before the passwd uses pam for password management. |
|
| -w
warn |
Set warn field for name. The warn field contains the number of days before the password
expires and the user is warned. This option is not valid if password aging is disabled. |
| -x
max |
Set maximum field for name. The max field contains
the number of days that the password is valid for name. The aging for name will be turned off immediately if max is set to -1. If it is set to 0, then the user is forced to change the password at the next login session and aging is turned off. |
| -D
domainname |
Consult the passwd.org_dir table in domainname.
If this option is not specified, the default domainname returned by nis_local_directory(3N) will be used. This domain name is the same as that
returned by domainname(1M). |
| name |
Login
ID of user |
Each of these prompts must be entered and entered
correctly for the password to be successfully changed.
