NAME

       kpasswd — Kerberos 5 password changing program

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       kpasswd is the client for changing passwords.

       If administrator principal is given that principal is used to change the password.

       Multiple  passwords for different users can be changed at the same time, then the administrator principal
       will be used.  If the administrator isn't specified on the command prompt, the principal of  the  default
       credential cache will be used.

       If  a  credential  cache  is given, the --admin-principal flag is ignored and use the default name of the
       credential cache is used instead.

DIAGNOSTICS

       If the password quality check fails or some other error occurs, an explanation is printed.

SEE ALSO

       kpasswdd(8)

HEIMDAL                                          January 5, 2005                                      KPASSWD(1)