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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="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_error_code.html#c.krb5_error_code" title="krb5_error_code"><span class="n"><span class="pre">krb5_error_code</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">krb5_change_password</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_context.html#c.krb5_context" title="krb5_context"><span class="n"><span class="pre">krb5_context</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">context</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_creds.html#c.krb5_creds" title="krb5_creds"><span class="n"><span class="pre">krb5_creds</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">creds</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">newpw</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">result_code</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_data.html#c.krb5_data" title="krb5_data"><span class="n"><span class="pre">krb5_data</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">result_code_string</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="../types/krb5_data.html#c.krb5_data" title="krb5_data"><span class="n"><span class="pre">krb5_data</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">result_string</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.krb5_change_password" title="Link to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
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<dd class="field-odd"><p><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><strong>[out]</strong> <strong>result_string</strong> - Change password response from the KDC</p>
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<li><p>0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes</p></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><p>KRB5_KPASSWD_SUCCESS (0) - success</p></li>
<li><p>KRB5_KPASSWD_MALFORMED (1) - Malformed request error</p></li>
<li><p>KRB5_KPASSWD_HARDERROR (2) - Server error</p></li>
<li><p>KRB5_KPASSWD_AUTHERROR (3) - Authentication error</p></li>
<li><p>KRB5_KPASSWD_SOFTERROR (4) - Password change rejected</p></li>
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