KPASSWD(1) UNIX System V KPASSWD(1)
NAME
kpasswd - change a user's Kerberos password
SYNOPSIS
kpasswd [principal]
DESCRIPTION
The kpasswd command is used to change a Kerberos principal's
password. Kpasswd prompts for the current Kerberos
password, which is used to obtain a changepw ticket from the
KDC for the user's Kerberos realm. If kpasswd successfully
obtains the changepw ticket, the user is prompted twice for
the new password, and the password is changed.
If the principal is governed by a policy that specifies the
length and/or number of character classes required in the
new password, the new password must conform to the policy.
(The five character classes are lower case, upper case,
numbers, punctuation, and all other characters.)
OPTIONS
principal
change the password for the Kerberos principal
principal. Otherwise, kpasswd uses the principal name
from an existing ccache if there is one; if not, the
principal is derived from the identity of the user
invoking the kpasswd command.
PORTS
kpasswd looks first for kpasswd_server = host:port in the
[realms] section of the krb5.conf file under the current
realm. If that is missing, kpasswd looks for the
admin_server entry, but substitutes 464 for the port.
SEE ALSO
kadmin(8), kadmind(8)
BUGS
kpasswd may not work with multi-homed hosts running on the
Solaris platform.
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