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PASSWD(I)                    9/1/72                     PASSWD(I)







NAME

     passwd - set login password



SYNOPSIS

     passwd name password



DESCRIPTION

     The password is placed on the given login  name.   This  can

     only  be  done by the person corresponding to the login name

     or by the super-user.  An explicit null  argument  ("")  for

     the  password  argument  will  remove  any password from the

     login name.



FILES

     /etc/passwd



SEE ALSO

     login(I), passwd(V), crypt(III)



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