passwd--manage the `CVSROOT/cvspasswd' file

• passwd [-a|-c] username -u user[.group] -m e-mail -i GECOS -t time passwd [-e|-d|-x] username passwd -p username
• Requires: repository
• Changes: `CVSROOT/cvspasswd' file

This command allows the CVS-repository administrator:

• adding new CVS-users;
• removing unused accounts;
• changing information about CVS-user, such as e-mail address, system user and group that corresponds to that user and also the miscellaneous information in so-called GECOS-field;
• enabling and disabling accounts;
• setting account expiration time;
• changing users passwords (this could also be used by users themselves).

The list of CVS accounts for each repository is in the `CVSROOT/cvspasswd' file in that repository. The structure of this file is described in section Administration of virtual repositories with cvs passwd.

You can add users with passwd -a command.

-u option lets you specify system user and group on CVS machine. CVS-server will switch to that user and group if user will successfully authenticate. This option is mandatory when adding users.

You can set user's e-mail address that will be used for notifications, See section Telling CVS to notify you. This address could be specified while adding users or changed with passwd -c command.

Option -i is used to set miscellaneous information about the user (such as real name, etc), also called "GECOS field". This information could be specified while adding users or changed with passwd -c command.

Commands -e and -d are used to enable and disable accounts. Users can not login to disabled accounts.

If you want to completely get rid of some CVS account, use passwd -x command.

passwd -p could be used to change user's password (this command could also be run by that user himself).

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