NAME

passwd - passwd wrapper

SYNOPSIS

passwd [OPTION...] [USERNAME]

DESCRIPTION

passwd wrapper implements traditional passwd options using real passwd utility or shadow utils.

Valid options are:

-d, --delete

Set an empty password for the specified account

-f, --force

Force operation

-k, --keep-tokens

Keep non-expired authentication tokens

-l, --lock

Lock the specified account

--stdin

Read new tokens from stdin

-S, --status

Report password status on the specified account

-u, --unlock

Unlock the specified account

-?, --help

Give this help list

--usage

Give a short usage message

-V, --version

Print program version

EXIT CODE

On successful completion of its task, passwd will complete with exit code 0. An exit code of 1 indicates an error occurred. Textual errors are written to the standard error stream.

AUTHOR

Written by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to http://bugs.altlinux.ru/.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

passwd(1), chpasswd(8), usermod(8).