Name
chkpasswd
Synopsis
chkpasswd [-c] [-iinfosystem
] [-llocation
] [username
]
Useful for scripts, this prompts for a password which is then
compared against the appropriate directory service for the user
specified. If the password is correct, chkpasswd
returns 0; otherwise, it returns 1, and the string
Sorry
is printed to standard error.
Options
-
-c
Compare user input with the password hash directly, rather than running it through the
crypt
algorithm first.-
-i
Specify the directory service to use, which may be
file
,netinfo
,nis
, oropendirectory
.-
-l
Depending on the directory service being used, it’s either a file (defaults to
/etc/master.passwd
), a NetInfo domain or server/tag combo, a NIS domain, or an Open Directory node (like/NetInfo/root
).-
username
Designate whose password is checked. It defaults to that of the user running the command.
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