diff --git a/generate_auto_job b/generate_auto_job
index 4adac176..7c86a22c 100755
--- a/generate_auto_job
+++ b/generate_auto_job
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ not_yet = set([
     'modify',
     'modify-other',
     'object-streams',
-    'password',
     'password-file',
     'password-mode',
     'print',
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFJob.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFJob.hh
index a4be63e9..388d5536 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFJob.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFJob.hh
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class QPDFJob
         QPDF_DLL Config& oiMinHeight(char const* parameter);
         QPDF_DLL Config& oiMinWidth(char const* parameter);
         QPDF_DLL Config& optimizeImages();
+        QPDF_DLL Config& password(char const* parameter);
         QPDF_DLL Config& passwordIsHexKey();
         QPDF_DLL Config& preserveUnreferenced();
         QPDF_DLL Config& preserveUnreferencedResources();
diff --git a/job.sums b/job.sums
index eddd8750..02ae8bf4 100644
--- a/job.sums
+++ b/job.sums
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Generated by generate_auto_job
-generate_auto_job 8e2c467c47a66caef46497d96be461e7373e22124abe1bde3ef353bd99452609
+generate_auto_job e18ae51cee2838fe44c37237a344fb48abe7a6d3f9cfa745d2f1dbc9c294e7b7
 job.yml 55d272cca0657e1f96ca92f5253edb6c6e24e6ea19e37690446d2111adc13f91
-libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh ff9bbeec974f6a7e6ed2ba205e3d7f81fbe4f6224860a9ba37c30b817b951a90
+libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh e9844137bf53345f2c6973378b314a2510ebce83ac8ceb378588cd6afdd87c06
 libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh 383eea80e2c185ef5295fc126246457a7ceeffea759fdb90bb2e6727532ea538
-libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh 45e3d28708c7506a681477a7865fa39dcd10e93819875a8d5664d6629f6e5245
+libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh e65119793c329630aa243ff20907443f8eaf54c29d02737a598f29bba64b0bf5
 libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_schema.hh c91a4e182e088797b70dda94af03ca32d360f3564890132da2a8bdc3c4432423
 manual/_ext/qpdf.py 855fe12de5af7a10bb24be6ecc4d5dff4c84ac58cf388a13be6bbb394346a67d
 manual/cli.rst 68122ff8179c10df3fe6d577adde4973c346f7866ba9a511bab5a6e6f292a6f1
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFJob_argv.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFJob_argv.cc
index 9a78018e..af7ce13f 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFJob_argv.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFJob_argv.cc
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ ArgParser::argShowCrypto()
     }
 }
 
-void
-ArgParser::argPassword(char* parameter)
-{
-    o.password = QUtil::make_shared_cstr(parameter);
-}
-
 void
 ArgParser::argPasswordFile(char* parameter)
 {
@@ -894,13 +888,6 @@ ArgParser::argCopyAttPositional(char* arg)
     c_copy_att->filename(arg);
 }
 
-void
-ArgParser::argCopyAttPassword(char* parameter)
-{
-    // QXXXQ @TRIVIAL
-    c_copy_att->password(parameter);
-}
-
 void
 ArgParser::argEndCopyAttachment()
 {
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFJob_config.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFJob_config.cc
index 923d9302..34f15b9f 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFJob_config.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFJob_config.cc
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ QPDFJob::Config::optimizeImages()
     return *this;
 }
 
+QPDFJob::Config&
+QPDFJob::Config::password(char const* parameter)
+{
+    o.password = QUtil::make_shared_cstr(parameter);
+    return *this;
+}
+
 QPDFJob::Config&
 QPDFJob::Config::passwordIsHexKey()
 {
@@ -527,6 +534,8 @@ QPDFJob::CopyAttConfig::end()
 {
     if (this->caf.path.empty())
     {
+        // QXXXQ usage, json, and config exceptions need to be unified
+        // in some fashion.
         throw std::runtime_error("copy attachments: no path specified");
     }
     this->config.o.attachments_to_copy.push_back(this->caf);
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh
index 8718c3e4..1ea25372 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ void argOverlay();
 void argPages();
 void argUnderlay();
 void argJobJsonFile(char *);
-void argPassword(char *);
 void argPasswordFile(char *);
 void argRotate(char *);
 void argShowObject(char *);
@@ -75,5 +74,4 @@ void argAttMimetype(char *);
 void argAttDescription(char *);
 void argEndAttachment();
 void argCopyAttPositional(char*);
-void argCopyAttPassword(char *);
 void argEndCopyAttachment();
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh
index cba6347d..7ceff2ae 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ this->ap.addRequiredParameter("min-version", [this](char *x){c_main->minVersion(
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("oi-min-area", [this](char *x){c_main->oiMinArea(x);}, "minimum");
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("oi-min-height", [this](char *x){c_main->oiMinHeight(x);}, "minimum");
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("oi-min-width", [this](char *x){c_main->oiMinWidth(x);}, "minimum");
-this->ap.addRequiredParameter("password", p(&ArgParser::argPassword), "password");
+this->ap.addRequiredParameter("password", [this](char *x){c_main->password(x);}, "password");
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("password-file", p(&ArgParser::argPasswordFile), "password");
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("remove-attachment", [this](char *x){c_main->removeAttachment(x);}, "attachment");
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("rotate", p(&ArgParser::argRotate), "[+|-]angle");
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ this->ap.addRequiredParameter("description", p(&ArgParser::argAttDescription), "
 this->ap.registerOptionTable("copy attachment", b(&ArgParser::argEndCopyAttachment));
 this->ap.addPositional(p(&ArgParser::argCopyAttPositional));
 this->ap.addRequiredParameter("prefix", [this](char *x){c_copy_att->prefix(x);}, "prefix");
-this->ap.addRequiredParameter("password", p(&ArgParser::argCopyAttPassword), "password");
+this->ap.addRequiredParameter("password", [this](char *x){c_copy_att->password(x);}, "password");
 this->ap.selectOptionTable("256-bit encryption");
 this->ap.copyFromOtherTable("cleartext-metadata", "128-bit encryption");
 this->ap.copyFromOtherTable("accessibility", "128-bit encryption");