rfpasswd(1M)          (Remote File Sharing Utilities)          rfpasswd(1M)


   NAME
         rfpasswd - change Remote File Sharing host password

   SYNOPSIS
         rfpasswd

   DESCRIPTION
         rfpasswd updates the Remote File Sharing authentication password for
         a host; processing of the new password follows the same criteria as
         passwd(1).  The updated password is registered at the domain name
         server (/etc/rfs/auth.info/domain/passwd) and replaces the password
         stored at the local host (/etc/rfs/loc.passwd file).

         This command is restricted to the super-user.

         NOTE: If you change your host password, make sure that hosts that
         validate your password are notified of this change.  To receive the
         new password, hosts must obtain a copy of the domain/passwd file from
         the domain's primary name server.  If this is not done, attempts to
         mount remote resources may fail!

   ERRORS
         If (1) the old password entered from this command does not match the
         existing password for this machine, (2) the two new passwords entered
         from this command do not match, (3) the new password does not satisfy
         the security criteria in passwd(1), (4) the domain name server does
         not know about this machine, or (5) the command is not run with
         super-user privileges, an error message will be sent to standard
         error.  Also, Remote File Sharing must be running on your host and
         your domain's primary name server.  A new password cannot be logged
         if a secondary is acting as the domain name server.

   FILES
         /etc/rfs/auth.info/domain/passwd
         /etc/rfs/loc.passwd

   SEE ALSO
         rfstart(1M), rfadmin(1M).
         passwd(1) in the User's Reference Manual.














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