NAME

       afppasswd - AFP Random Number UAM password maintenance utility

SYNOPSIS

       afppasswd [-acfn] [-p afppasswd file] [-u minimum uid] [-w password string]

DESCRIPTION

       afppasswd creates and maintains an afppasswd file, which supplies the user credentials for
       the "Randnum exchange" and "2-Way Randnum exchange" User Authentication Modules.

       afppasswd can either be called by root with parameters to manage all user credentials, or
       by local system users with no parameters to change their own AFP passwords.

           Note
           With this utility you can only change the passwords used by these two Random Number
           UAMs. As they provide only weak password encryption, their use is discouraged unless
           one has to support very old AFP clients that can not deal with the more secure "DHX"
           or "DHX2" UAMs.

EXAMPLE

       Local user changing their own password:

           example% afppasswd
           Enter NEW AFP password: (hidden)
           Enter NEW AFP password again: (hidden)
           afppasswd: updated password.

OPTIONS

       -a
           Add a new user to the afppasswd file.

       -c
           Create and/or initialize afppasswd file or specific user.

       -f
           Force the current action.

       -p path
           Path to afppasswd file.

       -n
           If cracklib support is built into netatalk this option will cause cracklib checking to
           be disabled, if the superuser does not want to have the password run against the
           cracklib dictionary.

       -u minimum uid
           This is the minimum user id (uid) that afppasswd will use when creating users.

       -w password string
           Use string as password, instead of typing it interactively. Please use this option
           only if absolutely necessary, since the password may remain in the terminal history in
           plain text.

SEE ALSO

       afpd(8), afp.conf(5).

AUTHOR

       See CONTRIBUTORS[1]

NOTES

        1. CONTRIBUTORS
           https://netatalk.io/contributors