chkpasswd.tproj/chkpasswd.8

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