PASSWD(1)               COMMAND REFERENCE               PASSWD(1)



NAME
     passwd - change login password

SYNOPSIS
     passwd [ userid]

DESCRIPTION
     This command changes (or installs) a password associated
     with the user userid (your own user name by default).

     The program prompts for the old password and then for the
     new one.  The caller must supply both.  The new password
     must be typed twice, to forestall mistakes.

     New passwords must be at least four characters long if they
     use a sufficiently rich alphabet and at least six characters
     long if monocase. At least one non-numeric character is
     required.  These rules are relaxed if you are insistent
     enough.

     Only the owner of the name or the super-user may change a
     password; the owner must prove he knows the old password.

EXAMPLES
     To change your own password, execute the command passwd with
     no arguments. You will be prompted for all required
     information.



          passwd


FILES
     /etc/passwd              System user account information
                              file

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_WARN]      An error warranting a warning message
                    occurred. Execution continues.

     [P_WARN]       A system error occurred. Execution continues.
                    See intro(2) for more information on system
                    errors.

     [NP_ERR]       An error occurred that was not a system
                    error.  Execution terminated.



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     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.

SEE ALSO
     login(1), crypt(3c), passwd(5).

















































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