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gpasswd(1) General Commands Manual gpasswd(1)
NAME
gpasswd - change group password
SYNOPSIS
gpasswd [-r|-l|-u] [group]
DESCRIPTION
gpasswd changes passwords for group accounts. Only an administrator may change the password for any group. The used hash algorithmus is
defined by the value of GROUP_CRYPT or, if not specified, CRYPT from /etc/default/passwd. If not configured, the traditinal des algorith-
mus is used.
OPTIONS
-r Remove group password.
-l A system administrator can lock the password of the specified group.
-u A system administrator can unlock the password of the specified group, if the group is not passwordless afterwards (it will not
unlock a group that has only "!" as a password).
FILES
/etc/group - group account information /etc/default/passwd - default values for password hash
SEE ALSO
group(5), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmod(8)
AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
pwdutils July 2006 gpasswd(1)