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>
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