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NAME passwd -- set login password
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SYNOPSIS passwd\b\b\b\b\b\b______ name password
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DESCRIPTION The
password is placed on the given login name.
This can only be done by the user ID
corresponding to the login name or by the super-user.
An explicit null argument ("") for the password
argument will remove
any password from the login name.
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FILES /etc/passwd
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SEE ALSO login(I), passwd(V), crypt(III)
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DIAGNOSTICS Diagnostics
are given for a non-match of the login name,
lack of permission and for password file format errors.
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BUGS --