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Added more security checks to mbpasswd

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Michiel Broek
2005-08-27 12:06:48 +00:00
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5></div>
<div align="right"><h5>Last update 27-Aug-2005</h5></div>
<div align="center"><H1>mbpasswd - The password wrapper.</H1></div>
<H3>Synopsis.</h3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Description.</h3>
<P>
<strong>mbpasswd</strong> is the wrapper for the <strong>passwd</strong> program
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<strong>mbsetup</strong> to change a users password it will be used too.
His password under Unix is then always the same as his password in the bbs program.
This is necessary for the user to be able to get his email using the pop3 protocol.<P>
You never need to run <strong>mbpasswd</strong> by hand, in fact it is protected so that only
members of group <b>bbs</b> are allowed to use it. User <b>mbse</b> can use this
program and if you do, the password for a user are not in sync anymore.
You never need to run <strong>mbpasswd</strong> by hand, in fact it is protected so that
it can only be started by the bbs or mbsetup.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Environment.</H3>
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code> for example:<br>
<pre>
mbpasswd -f michiel secret
</pre>
Valid options are <strong>-f</strong> (forced), this will also change locked passwords,
this has only effect if your system uses shadow passwords. This is used for new
users or from the <b>mbsetup</b> program to reset users passwords.<br>
If you use <strong>-n</strong> as option, locked passwords cannot be changed.
This mode is used when a user changes his password from the bbs.
Not mentioned here because <b>mbpasswd</b> is only called by other programs,
running manually is not supported.
<P>