
KPASSWD(1)                BSD General Commands Manual               KPASSWD(1)

NAME
     kpasswd -- Kerberos 5 password changing program

SYNOPSIS
     kpasswd [--admin-principal=principal] [-c cache | --cache=cache]
             [principal ...]

DESCRIPTION
     kpasswd is the client for changing passwords.

     If administrator principal is given that principal is used to change the
     password.

     Multiple passwords for different users can be changed at the same time,
     then the administrator principal will be used.  If the administrator
     isn't specified on the command prompt, the principal of the default cre-
     dential cache will be used.

     If a credential cache is given, the --admin-principal flag is ignored and
     use the default name of the credential cache is used instead.

DIAGNOSTICS
     If the password quality check fails or some other error occurs, an expla-
     nation is printed.

SEE ALSO
     kpasswdd(8)

HEIMDAL                         January 5, 2005                        HEIMDAL
