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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PASSWD 1 "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: passwd \- change login password
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B passwd
        !             7: [ name ]
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: This command changes (or installs) a password
        !            10: associated with the user
        !            11: .IR name
        !            12: (your own name by default).
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: The program prompts for the old password and then for the new one.
        !            15: The caller must supply both.
        !            16: The new password must be typed twice, to forestall mistakes.
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: New passwords must be at least four characters long if they use
        !            19: a sufficiently rich alphabet and at least six characters long
        !            20: if monocase.
        !            21: These rules are relaxed if you are insistent enough.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: Only the owner of the name or the super-user may change a password;
        !            24: the owner must prove he knows the old password.
        !            25: .SH FILES
        !            26: /etc/passwd
        !            27: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            28: login(1), passwd(5), crypt(3)
        !            29: .br
        !            30: Robert Morris and Ken Thompson,
        !            31: .I UNIX password security
        !            32: .SH BUGS
        !            33: The password file information should be kept in a different data structure
        !            34: allowing indexed access;
        !            35: .IR dbm (3X)
        !            36: would probably be suitable.

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