site chpass

Description

Changes the password assigned to a user account.

Syntax

site chpass [<user>] <password> 

Detailed information on the options/arguments: <user>, <password>

<password> can by set to the following special values:

• {cert} - denotes that the account uses a certificate for authentication. The password supplied at login will be ignored and certificates will be used instead.
• % - any password will be accepted for logging in with the user account. Anyone can login with the account, no password is needed.

<user> is optional and is only required if you're a group administrator wanting to change an account in your group (or if you're a site operator wanting to change any account on the server).

Limitations

• Site operators can use this command on any user while group administrators can use it only on their group members and themselves. Other users do not have permission to use this command on anyone but themselves.
• Using the wildcard % password is a potential security problem. Anyone can login with the account with any/no password. It is in effect an anonymous account that anyone can use.

Examples

site chpass anonymous %

The user anonymous will be set to accept any password so that guests can login to the server with this account.

site chpass wzdftpdrocks!

The password of the user issuing this command will be set to wzdftpdrocks''.

site chpass john aAn4ASkE

The password for the user john will be set to aAn4ASkE.

site chapss john {cert}

Certificates will be used for authentication of the user john instead of traditional passwords.