passwd [-k] [-l] [-u [-f]] [-d] [-e] [-n mindays] [-x maxdays] [-w warndays] [-i inactivedays] [-S] [--stdin] [username]
The passwd utility is used to update user’s authentication token(s).
This task is achieved through calls to the Linux-PAM and Libuser API.
Essentially, it initializes itself as a "passwd" service with Linux-PAM
and utilizes configured password modules to authenticate and then
update a user’s password.
A simple entry in the global Linux-PAM configuration file for this ser-
vice would be:
#
# passwd service entry that does strength checking of
# a proposed password before updating it.
#
passwd password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3
passwd password required pam_unix.so use_authtok
#
Note, other module types are not required for this application to func-
tion correctly.