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rpasswd(1)							    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  cer‐
		     tificate  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 cer‐
		     tificate is provided, the session is  immediately	termi‐
		     nated.

	      hard   The  server certificate is requested. If no or a bad cer‐
		     tificate is provided, the session is  immediately	termi‐
		     nated.

       -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>

pwdutils			 January 2004			    rpasswd(1)

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