CHKPASSWD(8)

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💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, this is CHKPASSWD(8) from the System Manager's Manual (section 8), and the command is chkpasswd. The name-line tea is literally: chkpasswd — verifies user password against various systems. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

chkpasswd [-i infosystem [-l location]] [-c] [name]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

chkpasswd verifies a supplied username and password against file, NIS, or OpenDirectory infosystems. No cap, that's the whole plot. 💅

Here are the options, bestie:

  • -c — the supplied password is compared verbatim without first being encrypted. Literally raw password energy. 🫶
  • -i infosystem — specify the system against which to check the password. The default is PAM. Valid systems:
    • file — File-based passwords.
    • nis — NIS/YP authentication.
    • opendirectory — OpenDirectory (Directory Services) authentication. If no -l option is specified, the search node is used.
    • PAM — Pluggable Authentication Modules.
  • -l location — specify a location; it varies based on the infosystem type:
    • for file — Filename (default: /etc/master.passwd).
    • for nis — NIS domainname.
    • for opendirectory — A directory node name such as /Local/Default.
    • for PAM — Unused.
  • name username — the name bit is the username. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Go give these a little look, iykyk: dscl(1), passwd(5). 💖

💖 That's the whole page, bestie! Big sign-off vibes from Darwin, dated July 20, 2004, and the manual/page is CHKPASSWD(8). Mwah 💋

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