NETCPASSWD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NETCPASSWD(8)NAMEnetcpasswd - Change bindery password
SYNOPSISnetcpasswd [-d] network_server network_login_name
netcpasswd [-d] [bsd_login_name]
DESCRIPTIONnetcpasswd performs two different functions. In both cases, it is used
to change IPX/SPX user passwords stored in the IPX/SPX bindery. Two dif-
ferent types of passwords are stored in the bindery. One type is used to
log a mapped BSD/OS user into a mounted server. See mount_netc(8). The
second type is the password a IPX/SPX client uses to log into the BSDI
IPX/SPX server. Netcpasswd is used to change either type of password,
depending on the invocation.
To change a mapped user's password, you must provide the name of the
server and the user's login name for that server on the command line when
netcpasswd is invoked. For example:
$ netcpasswd NETWARE SUPERVISOR
This command would be used to change the password used to login as user
SUPERVISOR on a server named NETWARE. The mapping for this user must ex-
ist; that is, the MAPPED_USER property that maps NETWARE user SUPERVISOR
to a valid BSD/OS user must be present in the bindery. If this mapping
is not found, netcpasswd will terminate with the message:
Network user SUPERVISOR not found.
Netcpasswd will also fail if you are not the superuser and your BSD/OS
login name does not match the BSD/OS login name mapped to this network
user.
If there is an old password and you are not the superuser, you will be
prompted to enter the old password first. In any event, you will then be
prompted to enter the new password twice. This password permits a mapped
BSD/OS user to access a mounted NetWare or BSDI IPX/SPX server as the
mapped user rather than as the default user. Users must be mapped to
maintain file access security permissions.
The second purpose of netcpasswd is to add or change a client's password.
Clients wishing to login to an IPX/SPX server must have a password stored
in the PASSWORD property in the bindery. The second form of the
netcpasswd command is used to change this password. A valid BSD/OS us-
er's login name may be supplied on the command line. If no login name is
given, it defaults to the current login name. Only the superuser can
change the password for login names other than his own.
OPTIONS
The only option, -d, may be used to display progress information as the
program executes.
FILES
/etc/ipx/bindery/netcobj.dat
/etc/ipx/bindery/netcprop.dat
SEE ALSOmount_netc(8), IPX/SPX Administrator's Guide for user mapping informa-
tion.
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