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<para> <command>passwd</command> changes passwords for user accounts.
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A normal user may only change the password for their own account,
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the administrators may change the password for any account.
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but administrators may change passwords on any account.
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<command>passwd</command> also changes account information, such as
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password expiry dates and intervals.</para>
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@ -722,34 +722,15 @@ enter the correct password. The administrators are permitted to
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bypass this step so that forgotten passwords may be changed.</para>
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<para>The user is then prompted for a replacement password.
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<command>passwd</command> will prompt again and compare the second entry
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against the first. Both entries are require to match in order for the
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password to be changed.</para>
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<command>passwd</command> will prompt twice for this replacement and
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compare the second entry against the first. Both entries are require to
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match in order for the password to be changed.</para>
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<para>After the password has been entered, password aging information
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is checked to see if the user is permitted to change their password
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at this time. If not, <command>passwd</command> refuses to change the
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password and exits.</para>
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<para>Password expiry and length: The password aging information may be
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changed by the administrators with the <literal>-x</literal>,
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<literal>-n</literal> and <literal>-i</literal> options. The
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<literal>-x</literal> option is used to set the maximum number of days
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a password remains valid. After <emphasis>max</emphasis> days, the
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password is required to be changed. The <literal>-n</literal> option is
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used to set the minimum number of days before a password may be changed.
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The user will not be permitted to change the password until
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<emphasis>min</emphasis> days have elapsed. The <literal>-i</literal>
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option is used to disable an account after the password has been expired
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for a number of days. After a user account has had an expired password
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for <emphasis>inact</emphasis> days, the user may no longer sign on to
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the account. Allowed values for the above options are 0 to 999. The
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<literal>-L</literal> option sets the minimum length of allowed passwords
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for users, which doesn't belong to the administrators group, to
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<emphasis>len</emphasis> characters. Allowed values for the minimum
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password length are 0 to 14. In any of the above cases, a value of 0
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means `no restrictions'.</para>
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<para>Account maintenance: User accounts may be locked and unlocked with the
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<literal>-l</literal> and <literal>-u</literal> flags. The
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<literal>-l</literal> option disables an account. The <literal>-u</literal>
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<para>The account status may be given with the <literal>-S</literal>
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option. The status information is self explanatory.</para>
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<para>Administrators can also use <command>passwd</command> to change
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system-wide password expiry and length requirements with the
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<literal>-i</literal>, <literal>-n</literal>, <literal>-x</literal>,
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and <literal>-L</literal> options. The <literal>-i</literal>
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option is used to disable an account after the password has been expired
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for a number of days. After a user account has had an expired password
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for <emphasis>NUM</emphasis> days, the user may no longer sign on to
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the account. The <literal>-n</literal> option is
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used to set the minimum number of days before a password may be changed.
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The user will not be permitted to change the password until
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<emphasis>MINDAYS</emphasis> days have elapsed. The
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<literal>-x</literal> option is used to set the maximum number of days
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a password remains valid. After <emphasis>MAXDAYS</emphasis> days, the
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password is required to be changed. Allowed values for the above options
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are 0 to 999. The <literal>-L</literal> option sets the minimum length of
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allowed passwords for users who don't belong to the administrators group
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to <emphasis>LEN</emphasis> characters. Allowed values for the minimum
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password length are 0 to 14. In any of the above cases, a value of 0
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means `no restrictions'.</para>
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<para>Limitations: Users may not be able to change their password on
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some systems.</para>
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<para>The <command>ps</command> program gives the status of all the
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Cygwin processes running on the system (ps = "process status"). Due
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to the limitations of simulating a POSIX environment under Windows,
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there is little information to give. The PID column is the process ID
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you need to give to the <command>kill</command> command. The WINPID
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column is the process ID that's displayed by NT's Task Manager
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program.</para>
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there is little information to give.
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</para>
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<para>
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The PID column is the process ID you need to give to the
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<command>kill</command> command. The PPID is the parent process ID,
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and PGID is the process group ID. The WINPID column is the process
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ID displayed by NT's Task Manager program. The TTY column gives which
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pseudo-terminal a process is running on, or a <literal>'?'</literal>
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for services. The UID column shows which user owns each process.
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STIME is the time the process was started, and COMMAND gives the name
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of the program running.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default <command>ps</command> will only show processes owned by the
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current user. With either the <literal>-a</literal> or <literal>-e</literal>
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option, all user's processes (and system processes) are listed. There are
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historical UNIX reasons for the synonomous options, which are functionally
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identical. The <literal>-f</literal> option outputs a "full" listing with
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usernames for UIDs. The <literal>-l</literal> option is the default display
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mode, showing a "long" listing with all the above columns. The other display
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option is <literal>-s</literal>, which outputs a shorter listing of just
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PID, TTY, STIME, and COMMAND. The <literal>-u</literal> option allows you
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to show only processes owned by a specific user. The <literal>-W</literal>
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option causes <command>ps</command> show non-Cygwin Windows processes as
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well as Cygwin processes. The WINPID is also the PID, and they can be killed
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with the Cygwin <command>kill</command> command's <literal>-f</literal>
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option.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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