[487b8e6] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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[487b8e6] | 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 4 |
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[087e584] | 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &shadow-contversion;.)</para>
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[6370fa6] | 6 |
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[487b8e6] | 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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[6370fa6] | 8 |
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[978d0bf] | 9 | <para><command>chage</command> is used to change the maximum number of
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| 10 | days between obligatory password changes.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[978d0bf] | 12 | <para><command>chfn</command> is used to change a user's full name and
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| 13 | some other info.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 14 |
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[978d0bf] | 15 | <para><command>chpasswd</command> is used to update the passwords of a
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| 16 | whole series of user accounts in one go.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 17 |
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[978d0bf] | 18 | <para><command>chsh</command> is used to change a user's default
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| 19 | login shell.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 20 |
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[978d0bf] | 21 | <para><command>dpasswd</command> is used to change dial-up passwords for
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| 22 | user login shells.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 23 |
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[978d0bf] | 24 | <para><command>expiry</command> checks and enforces the current password
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| 25 | expiration policy.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 26 |
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[978d0bf] | 27 | <para><command>faillog</command> is used to examine the log of login
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| 28 | failures, to set a maximum number of failures before an account is blocked,
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| 29 | or to reset the failure count.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 30 |
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[978d0bf] | 31 | <para><command>gpasswd</command> is used to add and delete members and
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| 32 | administrators to groups.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 33 |
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[978d0bf] | 34 | <para><command>groupadd</command> creates a group with the given
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| 35 | name.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 36 |
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[978d0bf] | 37 | <para><command>groupdel</command> deletes the group with the given
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| 38 | name.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 39 |
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[978d0bf] | 40 | <para><command>groupmod</command> is used to modify the given group's
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| 41 | name or GID.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 42 |
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[978d0bf] | 43 | <para><command>groups</command> reports the groups of which the given
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| 44 | users are members.</para>
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[96df9055] | 45 |
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[978d0bf] | 46 | <para><command>grpck</command> verifies the integrity of the group files,
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| 47 | <filename>/etc/group</filename> and <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 48 |
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[978d0bf] | 49 | <para><command>grpconv</command> creates or updates the shadow group file
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| 50 | from the normal group file.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 51 |
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[978d0bf] | 52 | <para><command>grpunconv</command> updates <filename>/etc/group</filename>
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| 53 | from <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 54 |
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[978d0bf] | 55 | <para><command>lastlog</command> reports the most recent login of all
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| 56 | users, or of a given user.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 57 |
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[978d0bf] | 58 | <para><command>login</command> is used by the system let users sign on.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 59 |
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[978d0bf] | 60 | <para><command>logoutd</command> is a daemon used to enforce restrictions
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| 61 | on log-on time and ports.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 62 |
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[978d0bf] | 63 | <para><command>mkpasswd</command> encrypts the given password using the
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| 64 | also given perturbation.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 65 |
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[978d0bf] | 66 | <para><command>newgrp</command> is used to change the current GID during
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| 67 | a login session.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 68 |
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[978d0bf] | 69 | <para><command>newusers</command> is used to create or update a whole
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| 70 | series of user accounts in one go.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 71 |
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[978d0bf] | 72 | <para><command>passwd</command> is used to change the password for a user
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| 73 | or group account.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 74 |
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[978d0bf] | 75 | <para><command>pwck</command> verifies the integrity of the password files,
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| 76 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 77 |
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[978d0bf] | 78 | <para><command>pwconv</command> creates or updates the shadow password file
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| 79 | from the normal password file.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 80 |
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[978d0bf] | 81 | <para><command>pwunconv</command> updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>
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| 82 | from <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 83 |
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[978d0bf] | 84 | <para><command>sg</command> executes a given command while the user's GID
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| 85 | is set to that of the given group.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 86 |
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[978d0bf] | 87 | <para><command>useradd</command> creates a new user with the given name,
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| 88 | or updates the default new-user information.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 89 |
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[978d0bf] | 90 | <para><command>userdel</command> deletes the given user account.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 91 |
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[978d0bf] | 92 | <para><command>usermod</command> is used to modify the given user's
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| 93 | login name, UID, shell, initial group, home directory, and the like.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 94 |
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[978d0bf] | 95 | <para><command>vigr</command> can be used to edit the
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| 96 | <filename>/etc/group</filename> or <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>
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| 97 | files.</para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para><command>vipw</command> can be used to edit the
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| 100 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>
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| 101 | files.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 102 |
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| 103 | </sect3>
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| 104 |
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[487b8e6] | 105 | <sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
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[bdc08c1] | 106 |
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[978d0bf] | 107 | <para><command>libmisc</command>...</para>
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[96df9055] | 108 |
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[978d0bf] | 109 | <para><command>libshadow</command> contains functions used by most
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| 110 | programs in this package.</para>
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[bdc08c1] | 111 |
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| 112 | </sect3>
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[6370fa6] | 113 |
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| 114 | </sect2>
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[978d0bf] | 115 |
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