NAME

       gspl-passwd - set passwords for user and API

SYNOPSIS

       gspl-ppasswd [ -u user ] [ -p password ] [ -f ] [ -d ] [ -F file ]

DESCRIPTION

       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

       -u user
           Set  password  for  given  user.  This  may only be for other than the current user if gspl-passwd is
           invoked by root.

       -p password
           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.

       -F file
           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.

AUTHOR

       John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.

GNUspool Release 1                                 2009-05-18                                     GSPL-PASSWD(8)