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) BUGS