---
name: "passwdehd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpam-mount"
version: "0.18-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/passwdehd/8"
---

# passwdehd(8)

changes a user's encrypted filesystem key password

## NAME

passwdehd - changes a user's encrypted filesystem key password

## SYNOPSIS

**passwdehd** \[*user*\] \[*option*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

When using a password protected key file to mount an encrypted volume, this command changes the password of the key file for the given user. It reads the global **pam\_mount.conf** file for keyfile and cipher options.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **-?**

  display help

## FILES

**/etc/security/pam\_mount.conf**

## AUTHOR

This manpage was originally written by Bastian Kleineidam \<calvin@debian.org\> for the Debian distribution of libpam-mount but may be used by others.

See /usr/share/doc/libpam-mount/AUTHORS for the list of original authors of pam\_mount.