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.Dd July 20, 2004
.Dt CHKPASSWD 8
.Os Darwin
.Sh NAME
.Nm chkpasswd
.Nd verifies user password against various systems
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm chkpasswd
.Op Fl i Ar infosystem
.Op Fl l Ar location
.Op Fl c
.Op Ar name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm chkpasswd
verifies a supplied username and password against file, NIS,
or OpenDirectory infosystems.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.\" ==========
.It Fl c
The supplied password is compared verbatim without first being encrypted.
.\" ==========
.It Fl i Ar infosystem
Specify the system against which to check the password
(default is OpenDirectory). Valid systems:
.Bl -tag -width "opendirectory"
.It Ar file
File-based passwords
.It Ar nis
NIS/YP authentication
.It Ar opendirectory
OpenDirectory (Directory Services) authentication.
If no
.Fl l
option is specified, the search node is used.
.El
.Pp
.\" ==========
.It Fl l Ar location
Specify a location; varies based on infosystem type:
.Bl -tag -width "for opendirectory"
.It for file
Filename (default: /etc/master.passwd).
.It for nis
NIS domainname.
.It for opendirectory
A directory node name such as /Local/Default.
.El
.Pp
.El
.Ar name
username
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dscl 1 ,
.Xr passwd 5
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2fc1e207 A	1	.Dd July 20, 2004
	2	.Dt CHKPASSWD 8
	3	.Os Darwin
	4	.Sh NAME
	5	.Nm chkpasswd
	6	.Nd verifies user password against various systems
	7	.Sh SYNOPSIS
34d340d7	8	.Nm chkpasswd
2fc1e207 A	9	.Op Fl i Ar infosystem
	10	.Op Fl l Ar location
	11	.Op Fl c
	12	.Op Ar name
	13	.Sh DESCRIPTION
34d340d7 A	14	.Nm chkpasswd
	15	verifies a supplied username and password against file, NIS,
	16	or OpenDirectory infosystems.
2fc1e207 A	17	.Pp
	18	The options are as follows:
	19	.Bl -tag -width Ds
34d340d7 A	20	.\" ==========
	21	.It Fl c
	22	The supplied password is compared verbatim without first being encrypted.
	23	.\" ==========
	24	.It Fl i Ar infosystem
	25	Specify the system against which to check the password
	26	(default is OpenDirectory). Valid systems:
	27	.Bl -tag -width "opendirectory"
	28	.It Ar file
2fc1e207	29	File-based passwords
34d340d7	30	.It Ar nis
2fc1e207	31	NIS/YP authentication
34d340d7 A	32	.It Ar opendirectory
	33	OpenDirectory (Directory Services) authentication.
	34	If no
	35	.Fl l
	36	option is specified, the search node is used.
2fc1e207	37	.El
2fc1e207	38	.Pp
34d340d7 A	39	.\" ==========
	40	.It Fl l Ar location
	41	Specify a location; varies based on infosystem type:
	42	.Bl -tag -width "for opendirectory"
	43	.It for file
	44	Filename (default: /etc/master.passwd).
	45	.It for nis
2fc1e207	46	NIS domainname.
34d340d7 A	47	.It for opendirectory
34d340d7 A	48	A directory node name such as /Local/Default.
2fc1e207	49	.El
34d340d7	50	.Pp
2fc1e207	51	.El
34d340d7 A	52	.Ar name
34d340d7 A	53	username
2fc1e207	54	.Sh SEE ALSO
34d340d7 A	55	.Xr dscl 1 ,
34d340d7 A	56	.Xr passwd 5