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KPASSWD(1)              NetBSD General Commands Manual              KPASSWD(1)


NAME

     kpasswd -- Kerberos 5 password changing program


SYNOPSIS

     kpasswd [--admin-principal=principal] [-c cache | --cache=cache]
             [principal ...]


DESCRIPTION

     kpasswd is the client for changing passwords.

     If administrator principal is given that principal is used to change the
     password.

     Multiple passwords for different users can be changed at the same time,
     then the administrator principal will be used.  If the administrator
     isn't specified on the command prompt, the principal of the default cre-
     dential cache will be used.

     If a credential cache is given, the --admin-principal flag is ignored and
     use the default name of the credential cache is used instead.


DIAGNOSTICS

     If the password quality check fails or some other error occurs, an expla-
     nation is printed.


SEE ALSO

     kpasswdd(8)

NetBSD 6.0                      January 5, 2005                     NetBSD 6.0