rpasswd(1)

NAME
rpasswd - change user password on remote server

SYNOPSIS

rpasswd [-4|-6] [-a] [-f config-file] [-h hostname] [-v] [-p port] [--reqcert level] [--no-slp] [name]

DESCRIPTION
rpasswd changes passwords for user accounts on a remote server over a secure SSL connection. A normal user may only change the password for their own account, if the user knows the password of the administrator account (in the moment this is the root password on the server), he may change the password for any account if he calls rpasswd with the -a option.

OPTIONS

-a, --admin
    With this option, rpasswd connects as administrator user to the remote server. The user has to supply the administrator password and can change then every password.

-f, --config-file config-file
    Specify another configuration file than /etc/rpasswd.conf.

-h, --hostname hostname
    Specify the name of the server, where rpasswdd(8) is running.

-p, --port portnumber
    Specify the portnumber on which the server process rpasswdd(8) is listening.

-r, --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.

-4  rpasswd will only use IPv4 to connect to the server.

-6  rpasswd will only use IPv6 to connect to the server.

--no-slp
    If compiled with SLP support, rpasswd will not use SLP to find a server.

-v, --verbose
    Be verbose, print SSL connection data.

FILES
/etc/rpasswd.conf - configuration file

SEE ALSO
passwd(1), passwd(5), rpasswd.conf(5), rpasswdd(8)

AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>