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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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