1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)kpasswdd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/09/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt KPASSWDD 8 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm kpasswdd 13.Nd Kerberos password changing daemon 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm kpasswdd 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17.Nm Kpasswdd 18is the server for the 19.Xr passwd 1 20program. 21The server provides a remote password changing facility 22with Kerberos authentication. 23A user must provide the old Kerberos password, encrypted 24in a random session key, to the server. 25.Nm Kpasswdd 26runs only on the Kerberos server, as it directly updates the 27Kerberos database. 28.Sh SEE ALSO 29.Xr kerberos 1 , 30.Xr passwd 1 31.Sh HISTORY 32The 33.Nm kpasswdd 34utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. 35