What is Passwd?
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:Last update:   $Date: 2008/10/09 17:12:03 $
:Revision:      $Revision: 1.5.2.2 $
:Contact:       sork@lists.horde.org

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Passwd is the Horde password changing application.  Right now, Passwd provides
fairly complete support for changing passwords via Poppassd, LDAP, Unix expect
scripts, the Unix smbpasswd command for SMB/CIFS passwords, Kolab, ADSI, Pine,
Serv-U FTP, VMailMgr, vpopmail, and SQL passwords.

This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.  OSI Certified is a
certification mark of the `Open Source Initiative`_.

.. _`Open Source Initiative`: http://www.opensource.org/


Obtaining Passwd
------------------

Further information on Passwd and the latest version can be obtained at

  http://www.horde.org/passwd/


Documentation
-------------

The following documentation is available in the Passwd distribution:

:README_:            This file
:COPYING_:           Copyright and license information
:`docs/CHANGES`_:    Changes by release
:`docs/CREDITS`_:    Project developers
:`docs/INSTALL`_:    Installation instructions and notes
:`docs/TODO`_:       Development TODO list


Installation
------------

Instructions for installing Passwd can be found in the file INSTALL_ in the
``docs/`` directory of the Passwd distribution.


Assistance
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If you encounter problems with Passwd, help is available! 

The Horde Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ), available on the Web at
 
  http://www.horde.org/faq/

The Horde Project runs a number of mailing lists, for individual applications
and for issues relating to the project as a whole.  Information, archives, and
subscription information can be found at

  http://www.horde.org/mail/

Lastly, Horde developers, contributors and users also make occasional
appearances on IRC, on the channel #horde on the freenode Network
(irc.freenode.net).


Licensing
---------

For licensing and copyright information, please see the file COPYING_ in the
Passwd distribution.

Thanks,

The Sork team


.. _README: ?f=README.html
.. _COPYING: http://www.horde.org/licenses/gpl.php
.. _docs/CHANGES: ?f=CHANGES.html
.. _docs/CREDITS: ?f=CREDITS.html
.. _INSTALL:
.. _docs/INSTALL: ?f=INSTALL.html
.. _docs/TODO: ?f=TODO.html
