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

Releases

6 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 1.3
  2. 2.0–2.1
  3. 2.2
  4. 3.0
  5. 3.1

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.