KPASSWD(1)

💖 NAME 💖

kpasswd — the Kerberos 5 password changing program, bestie. yes that's literally it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so kpasswd is the client for changing passwords. that's her whole job. she's the girl who changes your password and she does it flawlessly. 💅

if an administrator principal is given, that principal is the one used to change the password. no cap.

you can also change multiple passwords for different users at the same time — yes, at the SAME time, main character energy — and in that case the administrator principal gets used. and if the administrator isn't specified on the command prompt? then the principal of the default credential cache gets used instead. she'll find it herself, she's resourceful like that. 💁

and listen: if a credential cache is given, the --admin-principal flag is ignored, and the default name of the credential cache is used instead. so if you pass both, bestie, the flag just gets ghosted. 🫥 not because she's mean, that's just the rule. 🙈

😭 DIAGNOSTICS 😭

if the password quality check fails, or literally any other error happens, an explanation gets printed. so you won't be left guessing, she will TELL you what went wrong. very communicative of her honestly. 💜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• kpasswdd(8) — the daemon side of the operation, iykyk 🧚

this page came to you from the HEIMDAL crew, dated January 5, 2005, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section as KPASSWD(1). slay, go change those passwords responsibly bestie 💖✨🌸