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CHECKPASSWORD(1M)					     CHECKPASSWORD(1M)

NAME
     checkPassword - confirm a user password

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sysadm/privbin/checkPassword -l login-name

DESCRIPTION
     checkPassword is used to confirm a password for a particular user
     account.  The password is supplied via stdin so that it is not visible on
     the process command line.

     The checkPassword command has the following required parameter:

     -l login-name
	  The login name of the user account whose password is being checked.

DIAGNOSTICS
     If the login name is invalid or the password supplied via stdin is
     invalid, checkPassword will terminate with a non-zero exit code.  If the
     password is valid, checkPassword will terminate with exit code zero.

FILES
     /etc/passwd

SEE ALSO
     sysmgr(1M), UserManager(1M), modifyUserAccount(1M)

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