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| 1 | .TH PASSWD 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | passwd, chfn, chsh \- change a login password, full name or shell
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBpasswd\fR [\fIuser\fR]\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | \fBchfn\fR [\fIuser\fR] \fIfullname\fR\fR
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| 8 | .br
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| 9 | \fBchsh\fR [\fIuser\fR] \fIshell\fR\fR
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| 10 | .br
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| 11 | .de FL
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| 12 | .TP
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| 13 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 14 | \\$2
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| 15 | ..
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| 16 | .de EX
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| 17 | .TP 20
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| 18 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 19 | # \\$2
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| 20 | ..
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| 21 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 22 | .EX "passwd" "Change current user's password"
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| 23 | .EX "passwd ast" "Change ast's password (super\-user only)"
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| 24 | .EX "chsh /usr/bin/mail" "For those who only read mail"
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| 25 | .EX "chfn 'Jane Doe'" "Current user is Jane Doe"
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| 26 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 27 | .PP
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| 28 | .I Passwd
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| 29 | is used to change your password.
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| 30 | It prompts for the old and new passwords.
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| 31 | It asks for the new password twice, to reduce the effect of a typing error.
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| 32 | .I Chfn
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| 33 | changes the full name (GECOS field) in the password file.
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| 34 | .I Chsh
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| 35 | changes your login shell.
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| 36 | Do not forget to copy the modified password file back to the root file system,
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| 37 | or the changes will be lost when the system is rebooted.
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| 38 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 39 | .BR login (1),
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| 40 | .BR su (1),
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| 41 | .BR crypt (3),
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| 42 | .BR getpwent (3),
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| 43 | .BR passwd (5),
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| 44 | .BR adduser (8).
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