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51with
52.Ar user
53or, by default, the current user.
54The information is formatted and supplied to an editor for changes.
55.Pp
56Only the information that the user is allowed to change is displayed.
57.Pp
58The options are as follows:
59.Bl -tag -width Ds
60.It Fl a
61The super-user is allowed to directly supply a user database
62entry, in the format specified by
63.Xr passwd 5 ,
64as an argument.
65This argument must be a colon (``:'') separated list of all the
66user database fields, although they may be empty.
67.It Fl p

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266to change their NIS passwords. The super-user is allowed to specify
267a new password (even though the ``Password:'' field does not show
268up in the editor template, the super-user may add it back by hand),
269but even the super-user must supply the user's original password
270otherwise
271.Xr yppasswdd 8
272will refuse to update the NIS maps.
273.El
274.Sh FILES
275.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
276.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
277The user database
278.It Pa /etc/passwd
279A Version 7 format password file
280.It Pa /etc/chpass.XXXXXX
281Temporary copy of the password file

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