rpasswd.conf(5)

NAME
/etc/rpasswd.conf - configuration file for remote password update client

DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/rpasswd.conf is read from rpasswd(1) at startup to determine the name and port number of the server where rpasswdd(8) is running. Valid entries are

server hostname
    The rpasswdd(8) daemon is running on server hostname.

port number
    The rpasswdd(8) daemon is listening on port number. The default port number is 774, which is defined as rpasswd in /etc/services.

reqcert never|allow|try|hard
    Specifies what checks to perform on server certificates in a SSL session. The default for this option is hard.

    never
        rpasswd will not request or check any server certificate.

    allow
        The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided, the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided, a warning will be shown but the session proceeds normally.

    try The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided, the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.

    hard
        The server certificate is requested. If no or a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.

EXAMPLE
    # rpasswdd runs on master.example.com
    server master.example.com
    port 774
    reqcert allow

BUGS
The service rpasswd on port 774 in /etc/services is not registerd for this program, only misused. It could be that there is another daemon already running on this port, but I couldn't find any software using this port.

SEE ALSO
rpasswd(1), passwd(5), rpasswdd(8), services(5)

AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>