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authorRob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>2010-08-24 23:40:32 -0400
committerRob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>2010-08-27 13:31:04 -0400
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Update command documentation based on feedback from docs team.
ticket #158
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diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py b/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py
index f4f722f1..ef515605 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py
@@ -17,23 +17,21 @@
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
"""
-User password changes
+Set a user's password
-Sets a user password. Normally a user can only change their own password.
-
-If someone other than user changes a password (e.g. helpdesk resets it)
+If someone other than user changes their password (e.g., Helpdesk resets it)
then the password will need to be changed the first time it is used.
This is so the end-user is the only one that knows the password.
-Password policy will control how often a password may be changed,
-what strength requirements there are and long the password history is.
+The IPA password policy controls how often a password may be changed,
+what strength requirements exist, and the length of the password history.
EXAMPLES:
- Reset your own password:
+ To reset your own password:
ipa passwd
- Change another user's password:
+ To change another user's password:
ipa passwd tuser1
"""
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ from ipalib import _
class passwd(Command):
"""
- Change user password.
+ Set a user's password
"""
takes_args = (