rfpasswd(1M)     UNIX System V(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/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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