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dpasswd(8)

dpasswd8

Change dialup password

Usage

dpasswd [{(-af | -d)}] shell

Overview

dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dialup passwords for user login shells. The dialup password is prompted for after a user's password has been authenticated whenever the user logs in over a dialup line. dpasswd will prompt for the new password twice to insure it has been entered correctly.

The shell argument must be the complete pathname of the login program.

Files

/etc/d_passwd
/etc/dialups

History

  • Debian 3.1 (Sarge): the text shown here
  • Debian 3.0 (Woody)
  • Debian 2.2 (Potato)
  • Debian 2.1 (Slink) to Debian 2.0 (Hamm)
  • Debian 1.3 (Bo)

Author

Julianne Frances Haugh ([email protected])

From passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge9 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.