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                      9: .TH KPASSWD 1 "Kerberos Version 4.0" "MIT Project Athena"
                     10: .FM mit
                     11: .SH NAME
                     12: kpasswd \- change a user's Kerberos password
                     13: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     14: .B kpasswd
                     15: [
                     16: .B \-h
                     17: ] [
                     18: .B \-u 
                     19: .I username
                     20: ] [
                     21: .B \-i
                     22: .I instance
                     23: ]
                     24: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     25: The
                     26: .I kpasswd
                     27: command is used to change a Kerberos principal's password.
                     28: .PP
                     29: If the
                     30: .I \-h
                     31: option is specified, a brief summary of the options is printed, and 
                     32: .I kpasswd
                     33: then exits.
                     34: .PP
                     35: If the
                     36: .I \-u
                     37: option is specified, 
                     38: .I username
                     39: is used as the principal name, rather than the username of the user
                     40: running
                     41: .IR kpasswd .
                     42: .PP
                     43: If the
                     44: .I \-i
                     45: option is specified,
                     46: .I instance
                     47: is used as the instance, rather than a null instance.
                     48: .PP
                     49: 
                     50: The utility prompts for the current Kerberos password (printing
                     51: the name of the principal for which it intends to change the password),
                     52: which is verified by the Kerberos server.  If the old password is
                     53: correct, the user is prompted twice for the new password.  A message is
                     54: printed indicating the success or failure of the password changing
                     55: operation.
                     56: 
                     57: .SH SEE ALSO
                     58: kerberos(1), kinit(1), passwd(1)
                     59: .SH BUGS
                     60: .I kpasswd
                     61: should take the default name and instance from the current ticket file
                     62: rather than by using the Unix username.

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