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- PASSWD SUPERUSER COMMANDS 10-Jul-1991
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- NAME
- passwd, chfn, finger - change user information
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- SYNOPSIS
- passwd -l List users
- passwd user Change password
- passwd -f user Change full name
- passwd -d user Finger user
- passwd -q user Change quota (superuser only)
- passwd -p user Change priviledges (superuser only)
- passwd -t user Change/set time limit (superuser only)
- passwd -a usr passwd fullname home
- Add user (superuser only)
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- chfn [username]
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- finger [username]
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- DESCRIPTION
- passwd changes a password or full name (-f option)
- associated with the user username. chfn is equivalent to
- passwd with the -f option and finger is equivalent to passwd
- with the -d option.
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- 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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- Only the owner of the name or the superuser may change a
- password; the owner must prove he knows the old password.
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- When changing a full name, passwd displays the current full
- name, enclosed between brackets, and prompts for a new full
- name. If you type a RETURN, the full name is not changed. If
- the full name is to be made blank, you must type the word
- "none".
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- The superuser may change anyone's full name; normal users
- may only change their own.
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- When you request the user's data, passwd displays user's
- login name, full name, home directory, user level, last
- login, and quota. Then passwd informs whether user has
- unread mail, and if so, when is it last arrived at. After
- that users .project and .plan files are showd, if they are
- available.
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- With the -q option you can change user quotas. Unset
- defaults to 50M.
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- Priviledges can be changed with the -p option followed with
- the user name we are changing.
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- Users can be added with -a option, but you MUST remember to
- create the home directory for the user.
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- OPTIONS
- -l List users
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- -f Change the full name.
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- -d Display information about the user specified.
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- -q Change quota.
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- -p Change priviledge levels
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- -t Change/set time limit
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- -a Add user to system
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- FILES
- AXsh:etc/passwd file containing all user information
- AXsh:etc/passwd.demo file containing only root-user
- (Passwd file location is configurable)
- 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, password, mail
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