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<h1>krb5_change_password - Change a password for an existing Kerberos account.<a class="headerlink" href="#krb5-change-password-change-a-password-for-an-existing-kerberos-account" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_error_code.html#c.krb5_error_code" title="krb5_error_code">krb5_error_code</a> <code class="descname">krb5_change_password</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_context.html#c.krb5_context" title="krb5_context">krb5_context</a><em> context</em>, <a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_creds.html#c.krb5_creds" title="krb5_creds">krb5_creds</a> *<em> creds</em>, const char *<em> newpw</em>, int *<em> result_code</em>, <a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_data.html#c.krb5_data" title="krb5_data">krb5_data</a> *<em> result_code_string</em>, <a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_data.html#c.krb5_data" title="krb5_data">krb5_data</a> *<em> result_string</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.krb5_change_password" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">param:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>[in]</strong> <strong>context</strong> - Library context</p>
<p><strong>[in]</strong> <strong>creds</strong> - Credentials for kadmin/changepw service</p>
<p><strong>[in]</strong> <strong>newpw</strong> - New password</p>
<p><strong>[out]</strong> <strong>result_code</strong> - Numeric error code from server</p>
<p><strong>[out]</strong> <strong>result_code_string</strong> - String equivalent to <em>result_code</em></p>
<p class="last"><strong>[out]</strong> <strong>result_string</strong> - Change password response from the KDC</p>
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<li>0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes</li>
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<p>Change the password for the existing principal identified by <em>creds</em> .</p>
<p>The possible values of the output <em>result_code</em> are:</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="../macros/KRB5_KPASSWD_SUCCESS.html#KRB5_KPASSWD_SUCCESS" title="KRB5_KPASSWD_SUCCESS"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">KRB5_KPASSWD_SUCCESS</span></code></a> (0) - success</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../macros/KRB5_KPASSWD_MALFORMED.html#KRB5_KPASSWD_MALFORMED" title="KRB5_KPASSWD_MALFORMED"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">KRB5_KPASSWD_MALFORMED</span></code></a> (1) - Malformed request error</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../macros/KRB5_KPASSWD_HARDERROR.html#KRB5_KPASSWD_HARDERROR" title="KRB5_KPASSWD_HARDERROR"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">KRB5_KPASSWD_HARDERROR</span></code></a> (2) - Server error</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../macros/KRB5_KPASSWD_AUTHERROR.html#KRB5_KPASSWD_AUTHERROR" title="KRB5_KPASSWD_AUTHERROR"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">KRB5_KPASSWD_AUTHERROR</span></code></a> (3) - Authentication error</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="../macros/KRB5_KPASSWD_SOFTERROR.html#KRB5_KPASSWD_SOFTERROR" title="KRB5_KPASSWD_SOFTERROR"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal"><span class="pre">KRB5_KPASSWD_SOFTERROR</span></code></a> (4) - Password change rejected</li>
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