1lpasswd(1)                  General Commands Manual                 lpasswd(1)
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NAME

6       lpasswd - Change group or user password
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SYNOPSIS

10       lpasswd [OPTION]... [name]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Changes password of user or group name.
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16       If  the name argument is not provided, username of the invoking user is
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20       Entering an empty password (by pressing Enter) aborts the password set‐
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OPTIONS

25       -F, --plainpassword-fd=fd
26              Read password from file descriptor  fd,  terminated  by  end  of
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31              Read password hash from file descriptor fd, terminated by end of
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40       -i, --interactive
41              Ask  all questions when connecting to the user database, even if
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46              Set the password to password.  Note that  the  password  can  be
47              viewed while running lpasswd using tools such as ps(1).
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51              Set  the  password  to  the  password  represented  by  the hash
52              encrypted.  Note that the  hash  can  be  viewed  while  running
53              lpasswd using tools such as ps(1).
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EXIT STATUS

57       The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
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61libuser                           Jan 12 2005                       lpasswd(1)