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- PASSWORD USER COMMANDS 10-Jul-1991
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- NAME
- passorwd - change password
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- SYNOPSIS
- password
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- DESCRIPTION
- When changing a password, passwd prompts for the old
- password and then for the new one. You must supply both,
- and the new password must be typed twice to forestall
- mistakes.
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- New passwords should be at least five characters long, if
- they combine upper-case and lower-case letters, or at least
- six characters long if in monocase. Users that persist in
- entering passwords will be accepted.
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- FILES
- AXsh:etc/passwd file containing all of this information
- AXsh:spool/mail/$USER user's system mailbox
- ~/.plan user's plan-file
- ~/.project user's project-file
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- SEE ALSO
- finger, passwd
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- NOTES
- Password algorithms do not work with 8-bit characters. This
- maintains consistency with login file naming rules, which do
- not allow 8-bit characters in login names. See login for
- explanations about why login is not 8-bit clean.
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