1*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert.. _kpasswd(1): 2*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 3*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertkpasswd 4*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert======= 5*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 6*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertSYNOPSIS 7*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert-------- 8*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 9*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert**kpasswd** [*principal*] 10*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 11*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 12*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertDESCRIPTION 13*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert----------- 14*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 15*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertThe kpasswd command is used to change a Kerberos principal's password. 16*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertkpasswd first prompts for the current Kerberos password, then prompts 17*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertthe user twice for the new password, and the password is changed. 18*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 19*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertIf the principal is governed by a policy that specifies the length 20*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertand/or number of character classes required in the new password, the 21*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertnew password must conform to the policy. (The five character classes 22*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertare lower case, upper case, numbers, punctuation, and all other 23*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertcharacters.) 24*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 25*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 26*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertOPTIONS 27*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert------- 28*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 29*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert*principal* 30*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert Change the password for the Kerberos principal principal. 31*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert Otherwise, kpasswd uses the principal name from an existing ccache 32*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert if there is one; if not, the principal is derived from the 33*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert identity of the user invoking the kpasswd command. 34*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 35*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 36*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertENVIRONMENT 37*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert----------- 38*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 39*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertSee :ref:`kerberos(7)` for a description of Kerberos environment 40*7f2fe78bSCy Schubertvariables. 41*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 42*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 43*7f2fe78bSCy SchubertSEE ALSO 44*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert-------- 45*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert 46*7f2fe78bSCy Schubert:ref:`kadmin(1)`, :ref:`kadmind(8)`, :ref:`kerberos(7)` 47