.TH AFPPASSWD 1 "03 Aug 2000" "netatalk 1.5"
.SH NAME
afppasswd \- netatalk password maintenance utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B afppasswd
[
.B \-acfn
]
[
.B \-p\fI passwd file
]
[
.B \-u\fI minimum uid
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B afppasswd
allows the maintenance of afppasswd files created by netatalk for
use by some User Authentication Modules (UAMs)
.LP
.B afppasswd
can either be called by root with parameters, or can be called by
local system users with no parameters to change their passwords.
.SH EXAMPLE
Local user changing their own password:
.sp
.RS
.nf
	example% afppasswd
	Enter NEW AFP password: (hidden)
	Enter NEW AFP password again: (hidden)
	afppasswd: updated password.
.fi
.RE
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a
Add a new user to the
.B afppasswd
file.
.TP
.B \-c
Create and/or initialize
.B afppasswd
file or specific user.
.TP
.B \-f
Force the current action.
.TP
.B \-p\fI path
Path to
.B afppasswd
file.
.TP
.B \-n
If cracklib support is built into
.B netatalk
this option will cause cracklib checking to be disabled, if the
superuser does not want to have the password run against the
cracklib dictionary.
.TP
.B \-u\fI minimum uid
This is the minimum
.I user id
(uid) that
.B afppasswd
will use when creating users.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR afpd (8),
.BR atalkd (8).