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vino-passwd

vino-passwd(1)							   User Commands						    vino-passwd(1)

NAME

       vino-passwd - change vino login password

SYNOPSIS

       vino-passwd [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       vino-passwd is a command line tool to change the vino login password.

OPTIONS

       These  programs	follow	the  usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options for the
       command vino-passwd is included below.

       -?, --help	       display this help and exit

       -v, --version	       output version information and exit

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-remote-desktop	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       vino-server(1), vino-preferences(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    15 Aug 2008 						    vino-passwd(1)

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