lppasswd(d)           Easy Software Products          lppasswd(d)



NAME
       lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.

SYNOPSIS
       lppasswd [ -a ] [ -g groupname ] [ -x ] [ username ]

DESCRIPTION
       lppasswd  adds,  changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS
       digest password file, passwd.md5. When  run  by  a  normal
       user,  lppasswd will prompt for the old and new passwords.
       When run by the super-user, lppasswd can add new  accounts
       (-a  username),  change  existing  accounts (username), or
       delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password file.
       Digest  usernames  do  not  have to match local UNIX user-
       names, but only UNIX usernames are supported by  the  CUPS
       client programs (lp(p), lpr(r), etc.)

       The  -g  option  specifies  a  group other than the system
       group - "sys", "system", or "root", depending on the oper-
       ating system.

SECURITY ISSUES
       The  lppasswd  command  is installed setuid to root. While
       every attempt has been made  to  make  it  secure  against
       exploits   that  could  grant  super-user  priviledges  to
       unpriviledged users, paranoid  system  administrators  may
       wish  to disable or change the ownership of the program to
       an unpriviledged account.

SEE ALSO
       lp(p), lpr(r), CUPS Software Administrators  Manual,  CUPS
       Software   Users  Manual,  http://localhost:631/documenta-
       tion.html

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1993-2002 by Easy Software Products, All  Rights
       Reserved.



7 June 2001        Common UNIX Printing System        lppasswd(d)