gpasswd

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NAME

gpasswd - change group password

SYNOPSIS

gpasswd [-r|-l|-u] [group]

DESCRIPTION

gpasswd changes passwords for group accounts. Only an administrator may change the password for any group. The used hash algorithmus is defined by the value of GROUP_CRYPT or, if not specified, CRYPT from /etc/default/passwd. If not configured, the traditinal des algorithmus is used.

OPTIONS

-r
Remove group password.
-l
A system administrator can lock the password of the specified group.
-u
A system administrator can unlock the password of the specified group, if the group is not passwordless afterwards (it will not unlock a group that has only "!" as a password).

FILES

/etc/group - group account information /etc/default/passwd - default values for password hash

SEE ALSO

group(5), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8)

AUTHOR

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>