-.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.3 1996/06/26 05:37:47 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.4 1997/02/25 18:19:35 provos Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.Xr passwd 1 .
The super-user is not required to provide a user's current password
if only the local password is modified.
+.Pp
+Which type of cipher is used to encrypt the password information
+depends on the configuration in
+.Xr passwd.conf 5 .
+It can be different for local and YP passwords.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
A Version 7 format password file
.It Pa /etc/passwd.XXXXXX
Temporary copy of the password file
+.It /etc/passwd.conf
+Configuration options
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chpass 1 ,
.Xr kinit 1 ,
.Xr login 1 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
+.Xr passwd.conf 5 ,
.Xr kpasswdd 8 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr vipw 8
at very large sites could take several minutes. Until this update
is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates
and the new information is not available to programs.
+.Pp
+Which type of cipher is used to encrypt the password information
+depends on the configuration in
+.Xr passwd.conf 5 .
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
If the following environment variable exists it will be utilized by
.Nm vipw :
.Xr chpass 1 ,
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
+.Xr passwd.conf 5 ,
.Xr adduser 8 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
.Sh HISTORY