LOGIN_PASSWD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual LOGIN_PASSWD(8)NAMElogin_passwd - standard password authentication
SYNOPSISlogin_passwd [-s service] user [class]
DESCRIPTION
The login_passwd utility implements the standard password authentication
mechanism. The user argument is the users name to be authenticated. If
user is of the form name.root and name.root is not found in the password
file, the entry for root is used. This is in support of the su(1) pro-
gram.
SEE ALSOpasswd(1), su(1), login.conf(5), login(8)
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