passwd
Sign in to saveAlso known as passwd command, passwd utility, /usr/bin/passwd, /bin/passwd
passwd is a command on Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and most Unix-like operating systems used to change a user's password. The password entered by the user is run through a key derivation function to create a hashed version of the new password, which is saved. Only the hashed version is stored; the entered password is not saved for security reasons.
Key facts
- Software.name
- passwd
- Software.screenshot
- Passwd screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- passwd on Linux
- Software.author
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Software.developer
- Various open-source and commercial developers
- Software.operating system
- Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno
- Software.platform
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Command
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- computer security software
- Image
- Passwd screenshot.png
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- different from
- shadow password file
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