---
name: "zope-zpasswd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "zope"
version: "2.6.4-1.8"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/zope-zpasswd"
---

# zope-zpasswd(8)

Create a Zope superuser password file

## NAME

**zope-zpasswd** - Create a Zope superuser password file

## SYNOPSIS

```
zope-zpasswd [options] filename
```

## DESCRIPTION

zope-zpasswd is an utility to create a Zope password file ('access') for the superuser account in Zope.

zope-zpasswd will create a file passwdfile with a single line with two or three fields separated by colons: username:encrypted password\[:domainlist\] If this file is named \`access' and put in the INSTANCE\_HOME directory of a Zope instance, Zope will use username and password as values for the superuser (administrator) account of that instance.

If this program is called without command-line *options*, it will prompt for all necessary information.

## OPTIONS

\-u / --username=

```
      Set the username to be used for the initial user or the emergency user.
```

\-p / --password=

```
      Set the password.
```

\-e / --encoding=

```
      Set the encryption/encoding rules. Defaults to SHA-1. OPTIONAL.
```

\-d / --domains=

```
      Set the domain names that the user user can log in from. Defaults to
      any. OPTIONAL.
```

## FILENAME

Filename is required and should be the name of the file to store the information in (usually "inituser" or "access").

## AUTHOR

zope-zpasswd is derived with little modifications from the zpasswd.py script included in the Zope distribution. Zope and zpasswd.py were written by Digital Creations. Zope is distributed under the terms of the Zope Public License (see /usr/share/doc/zope/copyright on Debian systems).

The modifications to zope-passwd and the **zope-zpasswd** manual page were written by Gregor Hoffleit \<flight@debian.org\> for the Debian project and then by Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis \<luca@debian.org\>. Feel free to use, copy and modify the manpage.