This comes up periodically with users being confused when running passwd after su changes the passwd of the user they came from.
- todd Index: usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1,v retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -p -u -r1.41 passwd.1 --- usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 2 Nov 2014 05:25:09 -0000 1.41 +++ usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 15 Jul 2015 15:40:59 -0000 @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm changes the user's local or YP password. +If no +.Ar user +is specified, the user's login name is used (see +.Xr logname 1 ) . First, the user is prompted for their current password. If the current password is correctly typed, a new password is requested. The new password must be entered twice to avoid typing errors. @@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ file to clear the error. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chpass 1 , .Xr encrypt 1 , -.Xr login 1 , +.Xr logname 1 , .Xr login.conf 5 , .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
