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lppasswd(1)                                      Apple Inc.                                      lppasswd(1)



NAME
       lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.

SYNOPSIS
       lppasswd [ username ]
       lppasswd -a [ -g groupname ] username
       lppasswd -x username

DESCRIPTION
       lppasswd  adds,  changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest password file, passwd.md5. When run
       by a normal user, lppasswd will prompt for the old and new passwords.  When run  by  the  super-user,
       lppasswd  can add new accounts (-a username), change existing accounts (username), or delete accounts
       (-x username) in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to  match  local  UNIX  user-names. usernames.
       names.

OPTIONS
       lppasswd supports the following options:

       -g groupname
            Specifies a group other than the default system group.

SECURITY ISSUES
       The lppasswd command is installed setuid to root. While every attempt has been made to make it secure
       against exploits that could grant super-user privileges to unprivileged users, paranoid system admin-istrators administrators
       istrators may wish to disable or change the ownership of the program to an unprivileged account.

SEE ALSO
       lp(1), lpr(1),
       http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc.



20 March 2006                            Common UNIX Printing System                             lppasswd(1)