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.Nd modify a user's password

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.Nm passwd

.Op Fl l | y

.Op Ar user

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm

changes the user's local or YP password.

changes the user's password.

If no

.Ar user

is specified, the user's login name is used (see

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.Dq passwordcheck

variable in

.Xr login.conf 5 .

.Pp

The options are as follows:

.Bl -tag -width Ds

.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

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

.Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8

daemon should be running on the YP master server.

.El

.Pp

If no flags are specified and the password is not in the local password

database, then an attempt is made to use the YP database.

.Pp

The superuser is not required to provide a user's current password

if only the local password is modified.