rpasswd(1)
NAME
rpasswd - change user password on remote server
SYNOPSIS
rpasswd [-4|-6] [-a] [-f config-file] [-h hostname] [-v] [-p port] [name]
DESCRIPTION
rpasswd changes passwords for user accounts on a remote
server over a secure SSL connection. A normal user may
only change the password for their own account, if the
user knows the password of the administrator account (in
the moment this is the root password on the server), he
may change the password for any account if he calls
rpasswd with the -a option.
OPTIONS
- -a, --admin
- With this option, rpasswd connects as administrator
user to the remote server. The user has to supply
the administrator password and can change then
every password. - -f, --config-file config-file
- Specify another configuration file than
/etc/rpasswd.conf. - -h, --hostname hostname
- Specify the name of the server, where rpasswdd(8) is running.
- -p, --port portnumber
- Specify the portnumber on which the server process
rpasswdd(8) is listening. - -4 rpasswd will only use IPv4 to connect to the
- server.
- -6 rpasswd will only use IPv6 to connect to the
- server. -v, --verbose Be verbose, print SSL con nection data.
FILES
/etc/rpasswd.conf - configuration file
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), passwd(5), rpasswd.conf(5), rpasswdd(8)
AUTHOR
- Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>