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<title>lppasswd(1)</title>
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<h1 class="title">lppasswd(1)</h1>
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<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
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lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.
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<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2>
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</i><h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
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<i>lppasswd</i> adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS
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digest password file, <i>passwd.md5</i>. When run by a normal
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user, <i>lppasswd</i> will prompt for the old and new passwords.
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When run by the super-user, <i>lppasswd</i> can add new accounts
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(<i>-a username</i>), change existing accounts (<i>username</i>),
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or delete accounts (<i>-x username</i>) in the digest password
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file. Digest usernames do not have to match local UNIX usernames.
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<h2 class="title"><a name="OPTIONS">Options</a></h2>
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<i>lppasswd</i> supports the following options:
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<dd>Specifies a group other than the default system group.
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<h2 class="title"><a name="SECURITY_ISSUES">Security Issues</a></h2>
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By default, the <i>lppasswd</i> program is not installed to allow ordinary
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users to change their passwords. To enable this, the <i>lppasswd</i> command
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must be made setuid to root with the command:
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<p>While every attempt has been made to make <i>lppasswd</i> secure against
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exploits that could grant super-user privileges to unprivileged users,
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paranoid system administrators may wish to use Basic authentication with
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accounts managed by PAM instead.
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<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
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<a href='man-lp.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lp(1)</a>, <a href='man-lpr.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages'>lpr(1)</a>,
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<a href='http://localhost:631/help'>http://localhost:631/help</a>
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<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
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