chpass Command Examples

Add or change user database information, including login shell and password. See also: passwd. More information: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chpass.

• Add or change user database information for the current user interactively:

su -c chpass

• Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user:

chpass -s {{path/to/shell}}

• Set a login [s]hell for a specific user:

chpass -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}

• Change the account [e]xpire time (in seconds from the epoch, UTC):

su -c 'chpass -e {{time}} {{username}}'

• Change a user's password:

su -c 'chpass -p {{encrypted_password}} {{username}}'

• Specify the [h]ostname or address of an NIS server to query:

su -c 'chpass -h {{hostname}} {{username}}'

• Specify a particular NIS [d]omain (system domain name by default):

su -c 'chpass -d {{domain}} {{username}}'