2002-01-07 22:11:33 +00:00
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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
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<P> <P>
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<H1>mbpasswd - The password wrapper.</H1>
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<H3>Synopsis.</h3>
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<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Description.</h3>
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<strong>mbpasswd</strong> is the wrapper for the <strong>passwd</strong> program
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is present on all Linux systems. To use <b>passwd</b> to change the password of
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another user is only allowed by <b>root</b>. The mbpasswd program overcomes this limitation.
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The wrapper <b>mbpasswd</b> is run from the bbs by user <b>mbse</b> when a new
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user is being registered to set his password. It can also be started from the
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bbs when an existing user changes his password. If you as sysop use
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<strong>mbsetup</strong> to change a users password it will be used too.
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His password under Unix is then always the same as his password in the bbs program.
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This is necessary for the user to be able to get his email using the pop3 protocol.<P>
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You never need to run <strong>mbpasswd</strong> by hand, in fact it is protected so that only
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members of group <b>bbs</b> are allowed to use it. User <b>mbse</b> can use thsi
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program and if you do, the password for a user are not in sync anymore.
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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<strong>mbpasswd</strong> must be installed setuid root and setgid root, ls -la looks like this:<br>
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-rws--s--x 1 root root 6644 Jun 26 21:23 /opt/mbse/bin/mbpasswd*
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</pre>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbpasswd</strong> [-opt] [username] [password]</code> for example:<br>
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mbpasswd -f michiel secret
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</pre>
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Valid options are <strong>-f</strong> (forced), this will also change locked passwords,
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this has only effect if your system uses shadow passwords. This is used for new
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users or from the <b>mbsetup</b> program to reset users passwords.<br>
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If you use <strong>-n</strong> as option, locked passwords cannot be changed.
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This mode is used when a user changes his password from the bbs.
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