gpasswd man page on SuSE

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gpasswd(1)							    gpasswd(1)

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>

pwdutils			   July 2006			    gpasswd(1)

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