TALER-MERCHANT-PASSWD(1)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, this is the TALER-MERCHANT-PASSWD(1) page from the GNU Taler manual, and the actual name line is:

taler-merchant-passwd — change Taler merchant instance password ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

So the synopsis on the page is lowkey a little cursed-looking, but here it is exactly, no cap:

taler-merchant-passwd [-c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME] [-h | --help]
[-L LOGLEVEL | --loglevel=LOGLEVEL] [-l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME]
[-i**_*NAME* | **--instanceNAME] [-v | --version] [PASSWORD]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so taler-merchant-passwd is a command-line tool to reset passwords of existing Taler instances, periodt. The password must either be specified as the last command-line argument or in the TALER_MERCHANT_PASSWORD environment variable.

Usually, the instance for which the password is being set must already exist. However, as a special exception, if the instance specified is the "admin" instance, then it is created (with sensible defaults) if it does not yet exist.

bestie, the auto-create thing only applies to "admin" — do not expect it for other instances, fr fr.

Its options are as follows, bestie:

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME — use the configuration and other resources for the merchant to operate from FILENAME.
• -h | --help — print short help on options.
• -i NAME | --instanceNAME — specifies the name of the instance for which the password should be updated. If not given, the "admin" instance is modified.
• -L LOGLEVEL | --loglevel=LOGLEVEL — specifies the log level to use. Accepted values are: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR.
• -l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME — send logging output to FILENAME.
• -v | –version — print version information. And yes, the option list literally shows –version with an en dash, while the synopsis shows --version; both are on the page, iykyk 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

taler-merchant-httpd(1), taler-merchant.conf(5) — go read those too, bestie 🌸

💀 BUGS 💀

Report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

GNU Taler contributors — that's the author credit, periodt 👑

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2014-2025 Taler Systems SA (GPLv3+ or GFDL 1.3+) — iconic legal text, keep it exact 🌈

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That's the whole page, bestie — version 1.0, dated Dec 22, 2025, from the GNU Taler TALER-MERCHANT-PASSWD(1) manual 💖✨