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 algorithmus 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>
