Name
chkpasswd
Synopsis
chkpasswd [-c] [-iinfosystem
] [-llocation
] [username
]
Useful for scripts, this prompts for a password that is then compared
against the appropriate directory service for the user specified. If
the password is incorrect, the string Sorry
is
output. (Strangely, chkpasswd
appears to have a
return value of 0 in either case.)
Options
-
-c
User input is compared with the password hash directly, rather than running it through the
crypt
algorithm first.-
-i
Specifies the directory service to use, and may be
file
,netinfo
(the default), ornis
.-
-l
Depending on the directory service being used, it’s either a filename (defaults to
/etc/master.passwd
), a NetInfo domain name or server/tag combo, or an NIS domain name.- u
sername
Designates whose password will be checked. It defaults to that of the user running the command.
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