Coda File System

Setting user passwords

From: Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:39:19 -0400
On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 08:59:05PM +0200, Juergen Arndt wrote:
> but now another - and hopefully my last :) - question. how can i change a
> password for a new created user?
> 
> if i want to change the passwd with 'au nu' coda asks for the old password for
> this user - but how can i know this? with 'cpasswd user' or 'au cp' it's the
> same. sounds a little bit silly, i know :)

The `au' prompts are a bit confusing here, and first want the
administrators name and password. Then an authenticated connection with
the auth2 daemon is set up before it asks the new user's name and what
his passwords should be.

Jan
Received on 2000-06-24 16:41:32