chpass.md 870 B
chpass
Add or change user database information, including login shell and password. See also:
passwd. More information: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chpass.
- Add or change user database information for the current user interactively:
su -c chpass
- Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user:
chpass -s {{path/to/shell}}
- Set a login [s]hell for a specific user:
chpass -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
- Change the account [e]xpire time (in seconds from the epoch, UTC):
su -c 'chpass -e {{time}} {{username}}'
- Change a user's password:
su -c 'chpass -p {{encrypted_password}} {{username}}'
- Specify the [h]ostname or address of an NIS server to query:
su -c 'chpass -h {{hostname}} {{username}}'
- Specify a particular NIS [d]omain (system domain name by default):
su -c 'chpass -d {{domain}} {{username}}'