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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 | |
8 | .Nm | |
9 | .Op Fl i Ar infosystem | |
10 | .Op Fl l Ar location | |
11 | .Op Fl c | |
12 | .Op Ar name | |
13 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
14 | .Nm | |
15 | verifies a supplied username and password against NetInfo, file, NIS, or OpenDirectory backends. | |
16 | .Pp | |
17 | The options are as follows: | |
18 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
19 | .Fl i Ar infosystem | |
20 | Specify the system against which to check the password (default is OpenDirectory). Valid systems: | |
21 | .Pp | |
22 | .Bl -tag -width "opendirectory" -compact | |
23 | .It Cm netinfo | |
24 | NetInfo database | |
25 | .It Cm file | |
26 | File-based passwords | |
27 | .It Cm nis | |
28 | NIS/YP authentication | |
29 | .It Cm opendirectory | |
30 | OpenDirectory (Directory Services) authentication | |
31 | .El | |
32 | .Fl l Ar location | |
33 | Specify a location; varies based on info system type: | |
34 | .Pp | |
35 | .Bl -tag -width "opendirectory" -compact | |
36 | .It Cm netinfo | |
37 | Domain name or server/tag. | |
38 | .It Cm file | |
39 | Filename (default: /etc/passwd). | |
40 | .It Cm nis | |
41 | NIS domainname. | |
42 | .It Cm opendirectory | |
43 | Directory node name. | |
44 | .El | |
45 | .Fl c | |
46 | The supplied password is compared verbatim without first being crypted. | |
47 | .Ar name | |
48 | Username | |
49 | .El | |
50 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
51 | .Xr nicl 1 , | |
52 | .Xr passwd 5 , | |
53 | .Xr dscl 1 |