Name

myproxy-change-pass-phrase — Change a credential's passphrase

Synopsis

myproxy-change-pass-phrase

Tool description

The myproxy-change-pass-phrase command changes the passphrase under which a credential is protected in the MyProxy repository. The command first prompts for the current passphrase for the credential, then prompts twice for the new passphrase. Only the credential owner can change a credential's passphrase. The user must have a valid proxy credential as generated by grid-proxy-init or retrieved by myproxy-logon when running this command.

Command syntax

myproxy-change-pass-phrase [ options ] 

Command options

Table 10. myproxy-change-pass-phrase options

-h, --help Displays command usage text and exits.
-u, --usage Displays command usage text and exits.
-v, --verbose Enables verbose debugging output to the terminal.
-V, --version Displays version information and exits.
-s hostname, --pshost hostname Specifies the hostname of the myproxy-server. This option is required if the MYPROXY_SERVER environment variable is not defined. If specified, this option overrides the MYPROXY_SERVER environment variable.
-p port, --psport port Specifies the TCP port number of the myproxy-server. Default: 7512.
-l, --username Specifies the MyProxy account under which the credential should be stored. by default, the command uses the value of the LOGNAME environment variable. Use this option to specify a different account username on the MyProxy server. The MyProxy username need not correspond to a real Unix username.
-d, --dn_as_username Use the certificate subject (DN) as the default username, instead of the LOGNAME environment variable.
-k name, --credname name Specifies the credential name.
-S, --stdin_pass by default, the command prompts for a passphrase and reads the passphrase from the active tty. When running the command noninteractively, there may be no associated tty. Specifying this option tells the command to read passphrases from standard input without prompts or confirmation.