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chpass

Add or change user database information, including login shell and password. tldr-pages

On macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD

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macOS

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Add or change user database information, including login shell and password. Note: It's not possible to change the user's password on Open Directory systems, use passwd instead.

Add or change user database information for the current user interactively

su -c chpassIdentify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

Set a specific login shell for the current user

chpass -s path/to/shellIdentify

Set a login shell for a specific user

chpass -s path/to/shell usernameIdentify

Edit the user record on the directory node at the given location

chpass -l location -s path/to/shell usernameIdentify

Use the given username when authenticating to the directory node containing the user

chpass -u authname -s path/to/shell usernameIdentify

FreeBSD

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Add or change user database information for the current user interactively

chpass

Set a specific login shell for the current user

chpass -s path/to/shell

Set a login shell for a specific user

chpass -s path/to/shell username

Change the account expire time (in seconds from the epoch, UTC)

su -c 'chpass -e time username'Identify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

Change a user's password

su -c 'chpass -p encrypted_password username'Identify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

Specify the hostname or address of an NIS server to query

su -c 'chpass -h hostname username'Identify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

Specify a particular NIS domain (system domain name by default)

su -c 'chpass -d domain username'Identify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

NetBSD

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Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively

chpass

Set a specific login shell for the current user

chpass -s path/to/shell

Set a login shell for a specific user

chpass -s path/to/shell username

Specify a user database entry in the passwd file format

su -c 'chpass -a username:encrypted_password:user_id:group_id:... -s path/to/shell' usernameIdentify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

Only update the local password file

su -c 'chpass -l -s path/to/shell' usernameIdentify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

Forcedly change the database yP password database entry

su -c 'chpass -y -s path/to/shell' usernameIdentify
-cCommand line to pass to -s shell (ala sh -c "CMD") toybox

OpenBSD

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Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively

chpass

Set a specific login shell for the current user

doas chpass -s path/to/shellIdentify

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Set a login shell for a specific user

doas chpass -s path/to/shell usernameIdentify

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Specify a user database entry in the passwd file format

doas chpass -a username:encrypted_password:uid:gid:...Identify

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See also

passwd