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.\" @(#)chpass.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 30, 1993
+.Dd May 25, 2021
.Dt CHPASS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ypchsh
.Nd add or change user database information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
+.Nm chpass
.Op Fl a Ar list
-.Op Fl p Ar encpass
.Op Fl e Ar expiretime
+.Op Fl p Ar encpass
.Op Fl s Ar newshell
.Op user
-.Nm
-.Op Fl oly
+.Nm ypchpass
+.Op Fl loy
.Op Fl a Ar list
-.Op Fl p Ar encpass
-.Op Fl e Ar expiretime
-.Op Fl s Ar newshell
.Op Fl d Ar domain
+.Op Fl e Ar expiretime
.Op Fl h Ar host
+.Op Fl p Ar encpass
+.Op Fl s Ar newshell
.Op user
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Only the information that the user is allowed to change is displayed.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fl a
+.Bl -tag -width "-e expiretime"
+.It Fl a Ar list
The super-user is allowed to directly supply a user database
entry, in the format specified by
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Pq Dq \&:
separated list of all the
user database fields, although they may be empty.
-.It Fl p
-The super-user is allowed to directly supply an encrypted password field,
-in the format used by
-.Xr crypt 3 ,
-as an argument.
.It Fl e Ar expiretime
Change the account expire time.
This option is used to set the expire time
from a script as if it was done in the interactive editor.
+.It Fl p Ar encpass
+The super-user is allowed to directly supply an encrypted password field,
+in the format used by
+.Xr crypt 3 ,
+as an argument.
.It Fl s Ar newshell
Attempt to change the user's shell to
.Ar newshell .
.Xr finger 1
will display the office location and office phone together under the
heading
-.Ar Office: .
+.Ar Office\&: .
.Pp
The user's
.Ar home directory
compatibility problems with other NIS-capable systems.
Even though the super-user may supply data for other fields
while editing an entry, the extra information (other than the
-password -- see below) will be silently discarded.
+password \(em see below) will be silently discarded.
.Pp
Exception: the super-user on the NIS master server is permitted to
change any field.
There are also a few extra option flags that are available when
.Nm
is compiled with NIS support:
-.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fl l
-Force
-.Nm
-to modify the local copy of a user's password
-information in the event that a user exists in both
-the local and NIS databases.
-.It Fl y
-Opposite effect of
-.Fl l .
-This flag is largely redundant since
-.Nm
-operates on NIS entries by default if NIS is enabled.
+.Bl -tag -width "-d domain"
.It Fl d Ar domain
Specify a particular NIS domain.
The
.Fl d
option, in which case the user-specified hostname will override
the default.
+.It Fl l
+Force
+.Nm
+to modify the local copy of a user's password
+information in the event that a user exists in both
+the local and NIS databases.
.It Fl o
Force the use of RPC-based updates when communicating with
.Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8
to use the standard update mechanism instead.
This option is provided
mainly for testing purposes.
+.It Fl y
+Opposite effect of
+.Fl l .
+This flag is largely redundant since
+.Nm
+operates on NIS entries by default if NIS is enabled.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
the user database
.It Pa /etc/passwd
a Version 7 format password file
-.It Pa /etc/chpass.XXXXXX
-temporary copy of the password file
+.It Pa /etc/pw.XXXXXX
+temporary file
.It Pa /etc/shells
the list of approved shells
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Change the shell of the current user to
+.Ql /usr/local/bin/zsh :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr finger 1 ,
.Xr login 1 ,
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