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OpenConnect server password utility

Synopsis

ocpasswd [--option-name[=value]] [´username´]

Description

This program is openconnect password (ocpasswd) utility. It allows the generation and handling of a ´plain´ password file used by ocserv.

Options

-c,  --passwd=FILE:

Specify the password file to use. Only useful when not using the default location.

-g,  --group:

Specify the user´s group name. Note that groups of one character such as ´*´ and ´x´, are ignored.

-d,  --delete:

Deletes the specified user from the password file.

-l,  --lock:

Prevents the specified user from logging in by locking its password.

-u,  --unlock:

Re-enables login for the specified user by unlocking its password.

-h,  --help:

Display usage information and exit.

-v,  --version:

Output version of program and exit.

Exit Status

0

Successful program execution.

1

The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.

Files

The password format of ocpasswd is as follows.

username:groupname:encoded-password

The crypt(3) encoding is used for the encoded-password.

Examples

Adding a user

$ ocpasswd -c ocpasswd my_username

Locking a user

$ ocpasswd -c ocpasswd -l my_username

Unlocking a user

$ ocpasswd -c ocpasswd -u my_username

Authors

Written by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos. Many people have contributed to it.

Reporting Bugs

Issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/openconnect/ocserv/-/issues

See Also

ocserv(8), occtl(8)

Referenced By

occtl(8), ocserv(8).

April 2024