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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/dfs/rfs/auth.info/domain/passwd)  and   replaces   the
     password  stored  at the local host (/etc/dfs/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/dfs/rfs/auth.info/domain/passwd
     /etc/dfs/rfs/loc.passwd

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















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