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.

SEE ALSO

afpd(8), atalkd(8).
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