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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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