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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PASSWD 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: passwd, netkey \- change user password
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B passwd
        !             6: .PP
        !             7: .B netkey
        !             8: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             9: .I Passwd
        !            10: changes the invoker's Plan 9 password.
        !            11: The program prompts for the old password and then for the new one.
        !            12: The new password must be typed twice, to forestall mistakes.
        !            13: New passwords must be sufficiently hard to guess.
        !            14: They may of any length greater than seven characters.
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .I Netkey
        !            17: uses the password to encrypt network challenges.
        !            18: It is a substitute for a SecureNet box.
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: These commands may be run only on a terminal, to avoid
        !            21: transmitting clear text passwords over the network.
        !            22: .SH FILES
        !            23: .B /dev/key
        !            24: .SH SOURCE
        !            25: .B /sys/src/cmd/auth/passwd.c
        !            26: .br
        !            27: .B /sys/src/cmd/auth/netkey.c
        !            28: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            29: .IR encrypt (2),
        !            30: .IR cons (3),
        !            31: .IR securenet (8)
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: Robert Morris and Ken Thompson,
        !            34: ``UNIX Password Security,''
        !            35: .I AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal
        !            36: Vol 63 (1984), pp. 1649-1672

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