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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-shadow" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="shadow.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Shadow-&shadow-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Shadow package contains programs for handling passwords in a secure
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| 21 | way.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <seglistitem>
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| 28 | <seg>&shadow-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>&shadow-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | </sect2>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 36 | <title>Installation of Shadow</title>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <note>
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| 39 | <para>If you would like to enforce the use of strong passwords, refer to
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| 40 | <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/cracklib.html"/> for installing
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| 41 | Cracklib prior to building Shadow. Then add
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| 42 | <parameter>--with-libcrack</parameter> to the <command>configure</command>
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| 43 | command below.</para>
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| 44 | </note>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>Fix a bug in the <command>useradd</command> and
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| 47 | <command>usermod</command> programs which prevent them from accepting group
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| 48 | names rather than group ID numbers to the <option>-g</option> option:</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&shadow-useradd-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/lib --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-shared \
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| 55 | --without-selinux</userinput></screen>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <variablelist>
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| 58 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <varlistentry>
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| 61 | <term><parameter>--without-selinux</parameter></term>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>Support for selinux is enabled by default, but selinux is not
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| 64 | built in a base LFS system. The <command>configure</command> script
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| 65 | will fail if this option is not used.</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </varlistentry>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | </variablelist>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <para>Disable the installation of the <command>groups</command> program
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| 72 | and its man pages, as Coreutils provides a better version:</para>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/groups$(EXEEXT) //' src/Makefile
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| 75 | find man -name Makefile -exec sed -i 's/groups\.1 / /' {} \;</userinput></screen>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <para>Disable the installation of Chinese and Korean manual pages, since
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| 78 | Man-DB cannot format them properly:</para>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/ ko//' -e 's/ zh_CN zh_TW//' man/Makefile</userinput></screen>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <para>Shadow supplies other manual pages in a UTF-8 encoding. Man-DB
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| 83 | can display these in the recommended encodings by using the
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| 84 | <command>convert-mans</command> script which we installed.</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <screen><userinput>for i in de es fi fr id it pt_BR; do
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| 87 | convert-mans UTF-8 ISO-8859-1 man/${i}/*.?
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| 88 | done
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| 89 |
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| 90 | for i in cs hu pl; do
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| 91 | convert-mans UTF-8 ISO-8859-2 man/${i}/*.?
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| 92 | done
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| 93 |
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| 94 | convert-mans UTF-8 EUC-JP man/ja/*.?
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| 95 | convert-mans UTF-8 KOI8-R man/ru/*.?
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| 96 | convert-mans UTF-8 ISO-8859-9 man/tr/*.?</userinput></screen>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para id="shadow-login_defs">Instead of using the default
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| 99 | <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method, use the more secure
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| 100 | <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password encryption, which also allows
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| 101 | passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change the
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| 102 | obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location
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| 103 | for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename
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| 104 | class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently.</para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \
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| 107 | -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <note>
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| 110 | <para>If you built Shadow with Cracklib support, run the following:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed -i 's@DICTPATH.*@DICTPATH\t/lib/cracklib/pw_dict@' \
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| 113 | etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
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| 114 | </note>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>Move a misplaced program to its proper location:</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>Move Shadow's libraries to more appropriate locations:</para>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /lib/libshadow.*a /usr/lib
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| 133 | rm -v /lib/libshadow.so
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| 134 | ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | </sect2>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <sect2 id="conf-shadow" role="configuration">
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| 139 | <title>Configuring Shadow</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <indexterm zone="conf-shadow">
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| 142 | <primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary>
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| 143 | <secondary>configuring</secondary>
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| 144 | </indexterm>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para>This package contains utilities to add, modify, and delete users and
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| 147 | groups; set and change their passwords; and perform other administrative
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| 148 | tasks. For a full explanation of what <emphasis>password shadowing</emphasis>
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| 149 | means, see the <filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> file within the unpacked
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| 150 | source tree. If using Shadow support, keep in mind that programs which need
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| 151 | to verify passwords (display managers, FTP programs, pop3 daemons, etc.)
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| 152 | must be Shadow-compliant. That is, they need to be able to work with
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| 153 | shadowed passwords.</para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <screen><userinput>pwconv</userinput></screen>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para>To enable shadowed group passwords, run:</para>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para>Shadow's stock configuration for the <command>useradd</command>
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| 164 | utility is not suitable for LFS systems. Use the following commands to
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| 165 | change the default home directory for new users and prevent the creation of
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| 166 | mail spool files:</para>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <screen><userinput>useradd -D -b /home
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| 169 | sed -i 's/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd</userinput></screen>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | </sect2>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 174 | <title>Setting the root password</title>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <para>Choose a password for user <emphasis>root</emphasis> and set it
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| 177 | by running:</para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd root</userinput></screen>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | </sect2>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect2 id="contents-shadow" role="content">
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| 184 | <title>Contents of Shadow</title>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <segmentedlist>
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| 187 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 188 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <seglistitem>
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| 191 | <seg>chage, chfn, chgpasswd, chpasswd, chsh, expiry, faillog, gpasswd,
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| 192 | groupadd, groupdel, groupmems, groupmod, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv,
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| 193 | lastlog, login, logoutd, newgrp, newusers, nologin, passwd, pwck,
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| 194 | pwconv, pwunconv, sg (link to newgrp), su, useradd, userdel, usermod,
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| 195 | vigr (link to vipw), and vipw</seg>
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| 196 | <seg>libshadow.{a,so}</seg>
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| 197 | </seglistitem>
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| 198 | </segmentedlist>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <variablelist>
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| 201 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 202 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 203 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <varlistentry id="chage">
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| 206 | <term><command>chage</command></term>
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| 207 | <listitem>
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| 208 | <para>Used to change the maximum number of days between obligatory
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| 209 | password changes</para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="chfn">
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| 217 | <term><command>chfn</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>Used to change a user's full name and other information</para>
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| 220 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn">
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| 221 | <primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary>
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| 222 | </indexterm>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | </varlistentry>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <varlistentry id="chgpasswd">
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| 227 | <term><command>chgpasswd</command></term>
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| 228 | <listitem>
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| 229 | <para>Used to update group passwords in batch mode</para>
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chgpasswd">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="b-chgpasswd">chgpasswd</primary>
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| 232 | </indexterm>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <varlistentry id="chpasswd">
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| 237 | <term><command>chpasswd</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>Used to update user passwords in batch mode</para>
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| 240 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <varlistentry id="chsh">
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| 247 | <term><command>chsh</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem>
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| 249 | <para>Used to change a user's default login shell</para>
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| 250 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chsh">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-chsh">chsh</primary>
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| 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="expiry">
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| 257 | <term><command>expiry</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>Checks and enforces the current password expiration policy</para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow expiry">
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| 261 | <primary sortas="b-expiry">expiry</primary>
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| 262 | </indexterm>
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| 263 | </listitem>
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| 264 | </varlistentry>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <varlistentry id="faillog">
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| 267 | <term><command>faillog</command></term>
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>Is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum
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| 270 | number of failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the
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| 271 | failure count</para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow faillog">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="b-faillog">faillog</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <varlistentry id="gpasswd">
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| 279 | <term><command>gpasswd</command></term>
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| 280 | <listitem>
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| 281 | <para>Is used to add and delete members and administrators to
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| 282 | groups</para>
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| 283 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow gpasswd">
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| 284 | <primary sortas="b-gpasswd">gpasswd</primary>
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| 285 | </indexterm>
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| 286 | </listitem>
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| 287 | </varlistentry>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <varlistentry id="groupadd">
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| 290 | <term><command>groupadd</command></term>
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| 291 | <listitem>
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| 292 | <para>Creates a group with the given name</para>
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| 293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupadd">
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| 294 | <primary sortas="b-groupadd">groupadd</primary>
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| 295 | </indexterm>
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| 296 | </listitem>
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| 297 | </varlistentry>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <varlistentry id="groupdel">
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| 300 | <term><command>groupdel</command></term>
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| 301 | <listitem>
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| 302 | <para>Deletes the group with the given name</para>
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| 303 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupdel">
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| 304 | <primary sortas="b-groupdel">groupdel</primary>
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| 305 | </indexterm>
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| 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <varlistentry id="groupmems">
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| 310 | <term><command>groupmems</command></term>
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| 311 | <listitem>
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| 312 | <para>Allows a user to administer his/her own group membership list
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| 313 | without the requirement of super user privileges.</para>
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| 314 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmems">
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| 315 | <primary sortas="b-groupmems">groupmems</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <varlistentry id="groupmod">
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| 321 | <term><command>groupmod</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>Is used to modify the given group's name or GID</para>
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| 324 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmod">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="b-groupmod">groupmod</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <varlistentry id="grpck">
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| 331 | <term><command>grpck</command></term>
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| 332 | <listitem>
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| 333 | <para>Verifies the integrity of the group files
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| 334 | <filename>/etc/group</filename> and
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| 335 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></para>
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| 336 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpck">
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| 337 | <primary sortas="b-grpck">grpck</primary>
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| 338 | </indexterm>
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| 339 | </listitem>
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| 340 | </varlistentry>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <varlistentry id="grpconv">
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| 343 | <term><command>grpconv</command></term>
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| 344 | <listitem>
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| 345 | <para>Creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal
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| 346 | group file</para>
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| 347 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpconv">
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| 348 | <primary sortas="b-grpconv">grpconv</primary>
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| 349 | </indexterm>
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| 350 | </listitem>
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| 351 | </varlistentry>
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| 352 |
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| 353 | <varlistentry id="grpunconv">
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| 354 | <term><command>grpunconv</command></term>
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| 355 | <listitem>
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| 356 | <para>Updates <filename>/etc/group</filename> from
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| 357 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter</para>
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| 358 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv">
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| 359 | <primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary>
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| 360 | </indexterm>
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| 361 | </listitem>
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| 362 | </varlistentry>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | <varlistentry id="lastlog">
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| 365 | <term><command>lastlog</command></term>
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| 366 | <listitem>
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| 367 | <para>Reports the most recent login of all users or of a
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| 368 | given user</para>
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| 369 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow lastlog">
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| 370 | <primary sortas="b-lastlog">lastlog</primary>
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| 371 | </indexterm>
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| 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <varlistentry id="login">
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| 376 | <term><command>login</command></term>
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| 377 | <listitem>
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| 378 | <para>Is used by the system to let users sign on</para>
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| 379 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow login">
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| 380 | <primary sortas="b-login">login</primary>
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| 381 | </indexterm>
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| 382 | </listitem>
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| 383 | </varlistentry>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | <varlistentry id="logoutd">
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| 386 | <term><command>logoutd</command></term>
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| 387 | <listitem>
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| 388 | <para>Is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time
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| 389 | and ports</para>
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| 390 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow logoutd">
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| 391 | <primary sortas="b-logoutd">logoutd</primary>
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| 392 | </indexterm>
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| 393 | </listitem>
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| 394 | </varlistentry>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <varlistentry id="newgrp">
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| 397 | <term><command>newgrp</command></term>
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| 398 | <listitem>
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| 399 | <para>Is used to change the current GID during a login session</para>
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| 400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newgrp">
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| 401 | <primary sortas="b-newgrp">newgrp</primary>
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| 402 | </indexterm>
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| 403 | </listitem>
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| 404 | </varlistentry>
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| 405 |
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| 406 | <varlistentry id="newusers">
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| 407 | <term><command>newusers</command></term>
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| 408 | <listitem>
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| 409 | <para>Is used to create or update an entire series of user
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| 410 | accounts</para>
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| 411 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newusers">
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| 412 | <primary sortas="b-newusers">newusers</primary>
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| 413 | </indexterm>
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| 414 | </listitem>
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| 415 | </varlistentry>
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| 416 |
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| 417 | <varlistentry id="nologin">
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| 418 | <term><command>nologin</command></term>
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| 419 | <listitem>
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| 420 | <para>Displays a message that an account is not available. Designed
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| 421 | to be used as the default shell for accounts that have been
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| 422 | disabled</para>
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| 423 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow nologin">
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| 424 | <primary sortas="b-nologin">nologin</primary>
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| 425 | </indexterm>
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| 426 | </listitem>
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| 427 | </varlistentry>
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| 428 |
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| 429 | <varlistentry id="passwd">
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| 430 | <term><command>passwd</command></term>
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| 431 | <listitem>
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| 432 | <para>Is used to change the password for a user or group account</para>
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| 433 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow passwd">
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| 434 | <primary sortas="b-passwd">passwd</primary>
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| 435 | </indexterm>
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| 436 | </listitem>
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| 437 | </varlistentry>
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| 438 |
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| 439 | <varlistentry id="pwck">
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| 440 | <term><command>pwck</command></term>
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| 441 | <listitem>
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| 442 | <para>Verifies the integrity of the password files
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| 443 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
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| 444 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename></para>
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| 445 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck">
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| 446 | <primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary>
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| 447 | </indexterm>
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| 448 | </listitem>
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| 449 | </varlistentry>
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| 450 |
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| 451 | <varlistentry id="pwconv">
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| 452 | <term><command>pwconv</command></term>
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| 453 | <listitem>
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| 454 | <para>Creates or updates the shadow password file from the normal
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| 455 | password file</para>
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| 456 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv">
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| 457 | <primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary>
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| 458 | </indexterm>
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| 459 | </listitem>
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| 460 | </varlistentry>
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| 461 |
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| 462 | <varlistentry id="pwunconv">
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| 463 | <term><command>pwunconv</command></term>
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| 464 | <listitem>
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| 465 | <para>Updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> from
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| 466 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter</para>
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| 467 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv">
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| 468 | <primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary>
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| 469 | </indexterm>
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| 470 | </listitem>
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| 471 | </varlistentry>
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| 472 |
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| 473 | <varlistentry id="sg">
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| 474 | <term><command>sg</command></term>
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| 475 | <listitem>
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| 476 | <para>Executes a given command while the user's GID
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| 477 | is set to that of the given group</para>
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| 478 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg">
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| 479 | <primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary>
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| 480 | </indexterm>
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| 481 | </listitem>
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| 482 | </varlistentry>
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| 483 |
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| 484 | <varlistentry id="su">
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| 485 | <term><command>su</command></term>
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| 486 | <listitem>
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| 487 | <para>Runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs</para>
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| 488 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow su">
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| 489 | <primary sortas="b-su">su</primary>
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| 490 | </indexterm>
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| 491 | </listitem>
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| 492 | </varlistentry>
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| 493 |
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| 494 | <varlistentry id="useradd">
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| 495 | <term><command>useradd</command></term>
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| 496 | <listitem>
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| 497 | <para>Creates a new user with the given name, or updates the default
|
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| 498 | new-user information</para>
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| 499 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd">
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| 500 | <primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary>
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| 501 | </indexterm>
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| 502 | </listitem>
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| 503 | </varlistentry>
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| 504 |
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| 505 | <varlistentry id="userdel">
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| 506 | <term><command>userdel</command></term>
|
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| 507 | <listitem>
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| 508 | <para>Deletes the given user account</para>
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| 509 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow userdel">
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| 510 | <primary sortas="b-userdel">userdel</primary>
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| 511 | </indexterm>
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| 512 | </listitem>
|
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| 513 | </varlistentry>
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| 514 |
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| 515 | <varlistentry id="usermod">
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| 516 | <term><command>usermod</command></term>
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| 517 | <listitem>
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| 518 | <para>Is used to modify the given user's login name, User
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| 519 | Identification (UID), shell, initial group, home directory, etc.</para>
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| 520 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod">
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| 521 | <primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary>
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| 522 | </indexterm>
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| 523 | </listitem>
|
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| 524 | </varlistentry>
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| 525 |
|
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| 526 | <varlistentry id="vigr">
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| 527 | <term><command>vigr</command></term>
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| 528 | <listitem>
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| 529 | <para>Edits the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or
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| 530 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files</para>
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| 531 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vigr">
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| 532 | <primary sortas="b-vigr">vigr</primary>
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| 533 | </indexterm>
|
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| 534 | </listitem>
|
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| 535 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 536 |
|
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| 537 | <varlistentry id="vipw">
|
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| 538 | <term><command>vipw</command></term>
|
|---|
| 539 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 540 | <para>Edits the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
|
|---|
| 541 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> files</para>
|
|---|
| 542 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw">
|
|---|
| 543 | <primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary>
|
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| 544 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 545 | </listitem>
|
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| 546 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 547 |
|
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| 548 | <varlistentry id="libshadow">
|
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| 549 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libshadow</filename></term>
|
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| 550 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 551 | <para>Contains functions used by most programs in this package</para>
|
|---|
| 552 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libshadow">
|
|---|
| 553 | <primary sortas="c-libshadow">libshadow</primary>
|
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| 554 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 555 | </listitem>
|
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| 556 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 557 |
|
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| 558 | </variablelist>
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| 559 |
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| 560 | </sect2>
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| 561 |
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| 562 | </sect1>
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