rfpasswd(1M)

NAME

rfpasswd − change Remote File Sharing host password

SYNOPSIS

rfpasswd

AVAILABILITY

SUNWrfsu

DESCRIPTION

rfpasswd updates the Remote File Sharing authentication password for a host; processing of the new password follows the same criteria as passwd(1). The updated password is registered at the domain name server (/etc/dfs/rfs/auth.info/domain/passwd) and replaces the password stored at the local host (/etc/dfs/rfs/loc.passwd file).

This command is restricted to the super-user.

NOTE: If you change your host password, make sure that the hosts that validate your password are notified of this change. To receive the new password, hosts must obtain a copy of the domain/passwd file from the domain’s primary name server. If this is not done, attempts to mount remote resources may fail.

ERRORS

An error message will be sent to standard error if:

The old password entered from this command does not match the existing password for this machine

The two new passwords entered from this command do not match

The new password does not satisfy the security criteria in passwd(1).

The domain name server does not know about this machine.

The command is not run with super-user privileges, an error message will be sent to standard error.

Also, Remote File Sharing must be running on your host and your domain’s primary name server. A new password cannot be logged if a secondary is acting as the domain name server.

FILES

/etc/dfs/rfs/auth.info/domain/passwd
/etc/dfs/rfs/loc.passwd

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