afppasswd(1)
NAME
afppasswd - netatalk password maintenance utility
SYNOPSIS
afppasswd [ -acfn ] [ -p passwd file ] [ -u minimum uid ]
DESCRIPTION
afppasswd allows the maintenance of afppasswd files cre
ated by netatalk for use by some User Authentication Mod
ules (UAMs)
afppasswd can either be called by root with parameters, or
can be called by local system users with no parameters to
change their passwords.
EXAMPLE
- Local user changing their own password:
- example% afppasswd
Enter NEW AFP password: (hidden)
Enter NEW AFP password again: (hidden)
afppasswd: updated password.
OPTIONS
-a Add a new user to the afppasswd file.
- -c Create and/or initialize afppasswd file or specific
- user.
- -f Force the current action.
- -p path
- Path to afppasswd file.
- -n If cracklib support is built into netatalk this
- option will cause cracklib checking to be disabled,
if the superuser does not want to have the password
run against the cracklib dictionary. - -u minimum uid
- This is the minimum user id (uid) that afppasswd will use when creating users.