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| author | Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com> | 2010-06-02 14:08:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com> | 2010-06-22 13:58:04 -0400 |
| commit | 901ccc1393a7e494f7b1b64eaeb2f7809056aafa (patch) | |
| tree | b9523a814ed72e08ac286134bb45cf07e6e053f4 /ipalib/plugins/passwd.py | |
| parent | 8c6c93125f344ca117cc24b2e96c55b1d9ae31bd (diff) | |
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First pass at per-command documentation
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diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py b/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py index 50e99c24..f4f722f1 100644 --- a/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py +++ b/ipalib/plugins/passwd.py @@ -17,7 +17,24 @@ # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA """ -Password changes +User password changes + +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) +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. + +EXAMPLES: + + Reset your own password: + ipa passwd + + Change another user's password: + ipa passwd tuser1 """ from ipalib import api, errors, util |