partimaged-passwd(8)

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version 0.6.9 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 partimaged-passwd — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

ok so this is partimaged-passwd(8), straight out of the Partition Image Server Configuration corner of the manual, and it's literally the little tool that manages your partimaged user accounts. tiny tool, big main character energy. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

partimaged-passwd — manage partimaged user accounts. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username password
partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username

two whole moods. either you hand her a username and a password, or you just hand her a username and let her decide. the flags live in that [-Dhl] bracket and we're getting to them, don't worry 🦋

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

ok so here's the lore. partimaged has two ways to check who you are:

  1. it can authenticate against local user accounts — and bestie, this needs access to /etc/shadow. which is a potential security risk, and the manpage straight up says this method is not recommended. so like… noted. 🙈
  2. it can authenticate against its own password database at /etc/partimaged/passwd.db — the good one, the safe one, the moment ✨

and because hand-editing a user database is giving "chaos", this tool exists. partimaged-passwd lets you easily add and remove users or list the users in the database. and every single user in that database is allowed to access the partimaged server. that's the whole vibe. all of them. no cap. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -D username — delete the specified user from the password file. bye bestie, we love a clean exit 🚪✨
  • -l — list users in the password file and exit. she'll read you the whole roster and then dip 👀
  • -h — output help information and exit. when you're lost, she's got you 🫶

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/partimaged/passwd.db — the one and only, the vault, the whole point 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> — the legend who wrote this. absolute icon, we stan ⭐

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read those too, iykyk 💜

ok that's the whole page, no crumbs left. this one's partimaged-passwd(8) at version 0.1, brought to you by Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> — and the date slot in the footer is just… blank, she's mysterious like that. slay, stay safe, and back up your stuff fr fr 💖🧚🌸

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