gspl-passwd sets a password for the current user or a specified user
if -u is given. This is separate and distinct from the user's login
password. This password is used by the web interfaces, the Windows
interface and the API.
The reason for doing this is because it is considered insecure to
possibly repeatedly try login passwords from user programs.
If any users have a password set in this way, then all users
will have to to have a password in the file to use any of the
interfaces requiring a password.
Unlike the Unix passwd(1) routine, the old password is not prompted
for and there is no confirmation.
OPTIONS
-uuser
Set password for given user. This may only be for other than the
current user if gspl-passwd is invoked by root.
-ppassword
Specify the password to be set other than prompting for it.
-f
It is normally considered an error to include a password for root
for the same reasons that the password file is separate. However this
option may be set to insist upon it.
-d
Delete the user's password from the file.
-Ffile
Use file to hold the password. The default if no file is given
is gspl-passwd. Any number of -F options may be
given to set up several password files at once.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.