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AFPPASSWD(1)                         3.1.8                        AFPPASSWD(1)

NAME
       afppasswd - netatalk password maintenance utility

SYNOPSIS
       afppasswd [-acfn] [-p passwd file] [-u minimum uid]

DESCRIPTION
       afppasswd allows the maintenance of afppasswd files created by netatalk
       for use by the uams_randnum.so UAM (providing the "Randnum exchange"
       and "2-Way Randnum exchange" User Authentication Modules).

       afppasswd can either be called by root with parameters, or can be
       called by local system users with no parameters to change their AFP
       passwords.

           Note

           With this utility you can only change the passwords used by two
           specific UAMs. As they provide only weak password encryption, the
           use of the "Randnum exchange" and "2-Way Randnum exchange" UAMs is
           deprecated unless one has to support very old AFP clients, that can
           not deal with the more secure "DHCAST128" and "DHX2" UAM instead.
           Please compare with the Authentication chapter inside Netatalk's
           documentation.

EXAMPLE
       Local user changing their own password:

           example% afppasswd
           Enter NEW AFP password: (hidden)
           Enter NEW AFP password again: (hidden)
           afppasswd: updated password.

OPTIONS
       -a
           Add a new user to the afppasswd file.

       -c
           Create and/or initialize afppasswd file or specific user.

       -f
           Force the current action.

       -p path
           Path to afppasswd file.

       -n
           If cracklib support is built into netatalk this option will cause
           cracklib checking to be disabled, if the superuser does not want to
           have the password run against the cracklib dictionary.

       -u minimum uid
           This is the minimum user id (uid) that afppasswd will use when
           creating users.

SEE ALSO
       afpd(8), afp.conf(5).

3.1.8                             22 Mar 2012                     AFPPASSWD(1)