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Set password for remote authentication, e.g., POP client (APOP), IMAP client (CRAM), or mailbox filter authentication.
pmdf password [password]
Qualifiers Defaults -create
-create
-delete
-create
-service=keyword
-service=DEFAULT
-show
-create
-test
-create
All operations other than setting, deleting, or verifying one's own password require privileges.
Password: | password |
password
The password to set.
The
pmdf password
utility is used to add and change password values that may be used for special authorization purposes. Whether you need to use this utility will depend on your site's configuration. If you use the native Berkeley mailbox from POP or IMAP clients, then you may need to. Otherwise you probably will not; for instance, PMDF popstore users and PMDF MessageStore users typically do not need to be concerned with password database entries. See Section 6.1 for a further discussion of thepmdf password
utility as it relates to POP and IMAP client usage. And check with your system administrators if you are uncertain about whether you need to use this utility (to set a PMDF password database entry or entries).Typically, if you use the
pmdf password
utility at all you would use it to create just aDEFAULT
service entry. However, it is possible to instead have service specific entries; a single user can have separate entries for separate services, such as an entry for the IMAP service (preferentially used when authenticating during IMAP connections), and an entry for the POP service (preferentially used when authenticating during POP connections). Authentication checks preferentially for an appropriate service specific entry, but if a service specific entry is not present then falls through to checking theDEFAULT
service entry.
Add a new password database entry. This qualifier is the default.
-create
Delete a user/password entry pair from the PMDF password database.
-delete
Specify for what service a particular password method and password value apply. The default service keyword is
-service=keyword
DEFAULT
;POP3
andIMAP
are other possible keywords.Show a user/service/password-method entry in the PMDF password database. Note that this command does not show the password value.
-show
Compare a specified password against a password stored in the PMDF password database.
-test
To set your password, with prompting so that the password is not displayed on the screen as you type it, issue the command:
# pmdf password Password:
entry too long to fit in password file |
The password entry is too long; try using a shorter password value.
cannot open password file |
The PMDF password database does not exist, or could not be opened. Check with your system administrator.
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