NAME

ppr-passwd - Change a password for the PPR web interface


SYNOPSIS

ppr-passwd [--add] [--delete] username


DESCRIPTION

This program is used to edit the password file for the PPR web interface. The web interface needs its own password file in order to support MD5 Digest HTTP authentication.

If no username is specified, then the invoking users own password will be changed. Users listed in /etc/ppr/acl/passwd.allow (as well as root and ppr) may change other people's passwords and needn't know the old password.

This program supports the following options:

--add
-a
Add the user to the password file if he doesn't already exist.

--delete
-x
Delete the user from the password database.

--help
Prints a short usage summary.

--version
Prints the PPR version number and copyright information.


FILES

The password file whic this program modifies is /etc/ppr/htpasswd.


SEE ALSO

``PPR, a PostScript Print Spooler''


HISTORY

PPR was written at Trinity College during 1993--2003.


AUTHOR

David Chappell, Trinity College Computing Center, Hartford, Connecticut.