CHECKPASSWORD(1M)CHECKPASSWORD(1M)NAMEcheckPassword - confirm a user password
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sysadm/privbin/checkPassword -l login-name
DESCRIPTIONcheckPassword is used to confirm a password for a particular user
account. The password is supplied via stdin so that it is not visible on
the process command line.
The checkPassword command has the following required parameter:
-l login-name
The login name of the user account whose password is being checked.
DIAGNOSTICS
If the login name is invalid or the password supplied via stdin is
invalid, checkPassword will terminate with a non-zero exit code. If the
password is valid, checkPassword will terminate with exit code zero.
FILES
/etc/passwd
SEE ALSOsysmgr(1M), UserManager(1M), modifyUserAccount(1M)
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