1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>Last checked against version &shadow-contversion;.</para>
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7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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8 |
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9 | <sect4><title>chage</title>
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10 | <para>chage changes the number of days between password changes and the date of
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11 | the last password change.</para></sect4>
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12 |
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13 | <sect4><title>chfn</title>
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14 | <para>chfn changes a user's full name and other information
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15 | (office room number, office phone number, and
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16 | home phone number).</para></sect4>
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17 |
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18 | <sect4><title>chpasswd</title>
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19 | <para>chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from standard
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20 | input and uses this information to update a group of
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21 | existing users.</para></sect4>
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22 |
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23 | <sect4><title>chsh</title>
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24 | <para>chsh changes the user login shell.</para></sect4>
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25 |
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26 | <sect4><title>dpasswd</title>
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27 | <para>dpasswd adds, deletes and updates dial-up passwords for
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28 | user login shells.</para></sect4>
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29 |
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30 | <sect4><title>expiry</title>
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31 | <para>expiry checks and enforces a password expiration policy.</para></sect4>
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32 |
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33 | <sect4><title>faillog</title>
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34 | <para>faillog formats the contents of the failure log, /var/log/faillog, and
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35 | maintains failure counts and limits.</para></sect4>
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36 |
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37 | <sect4><title>gpasswd</title>
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38 | <para>gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file.</para></sect4>
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39 |
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40 | <sect4><title>groupadd</title>
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41 | <para>The groupadd command creates a new group account using the values
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42 | specified on the command line and the default values from
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43 | the system.</para></sect4>
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44 |
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45 | <sect4><title>groupdel</title>
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46 | <para>The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all
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47 | entries that refer to group.</para></sect4>
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48 |
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49 | <sect4><title>groupmod</title>
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50 | <para>The groupmod command modifies the system account files to reflect the
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51 | changes that are specified on the command line.</para></sect4>
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52 |
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53 | <sect4><title>groups</title>
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54 | <para>groups prints the groups which a user is in.</para></sect4>
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55 |
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56 | <sect4><title>grpck</title>
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57 | <para>grpck verifies the integrity of the system authentication
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58 | information.</para></sect4>
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59 |
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60 | <sect4><title>grpconv</title>
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61 | <para>grpunconv converts to shadow group files from normal
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62 | group files.</para></sect4>
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63 |
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64 | <sect4><title>grpunconv</title>
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65 | <para>grpunconv converts from shadow group files to normal
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66 | group files.</para></sect4>
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67 |
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68 | <sect4><title>lastlog</title>
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69 | <para>lastlog formats and prints the contents of the last login log,
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70 | /var/log/lastlog. The login-name, port and last login time will be
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71 | printed.</para></sect4>
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72 |
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73 | <sect4><title>login</title>
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74 | <para>login is used to establish a new session with the system.</para></sect4>
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75 |
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76 | <sect4><title>logoutd</title>
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77 | <para>logoutd enforces the login time and port restrictions specified in
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78 | /etc/porttime.</para></sect4>
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79 |
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80 | <sect4><title>mkpasswd</title>
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81 | <para>mkpasswd reads a file in the format given by the flags and converts it
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82 | to the corresponding database file format.</para></sect4>
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83 |
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84 | <sect4><title>newgrp</title>
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85 | <para>newgrp is used to change the current group ID during a
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86 | login session.</para></sect4>
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87 |
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88 | <sect4><title>newusers</title>
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89 | <para>newusers reads a file of user name and clear text password pairs and uses
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90 | this information to update a group of existing users or to create new
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91 | users.</para></sect4>
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92 |
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93 | <sect4><title>passwd</title>
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94 | <para>passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts.</para></sect4>
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95 |
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96 | <sect4><title>pwck</title>
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97 | <para>pwck verifies the integrity of the password files.</para></sect4>
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98 |
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99 | <sect4><title>pwconv</title>
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100 | <para>pwconv converts the normal password file
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101 | to a shadowed password file.</para></sect4>
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102 |
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103 | <sect4><title>pwunconv</title>
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104 | <para>pwunconv converts a shadowed password file
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105 | to a normal password file.</para></sect4>
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106 |
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107 | <sect4><title>sg</title>
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108 | <para>sg sets the user's GID to that of the given group, or executes a
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109 | given command as member of the given group.</para></sect4>
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110 |
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111 | <sect4><title>useradd</title>
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112 | <para>useradd creates a new user or updates default new user
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113 | information.</para></sect4>
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114 |
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115 | <sect4><title>userdel</title>
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116 | <para>userdel modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that
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117 | refer to a specified login name.</para></sect4>
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118 |
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119 | <sect4><title>usermod</title>
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120 | <para>usermod modifies the system account files to reflect the changes that
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121 | are specified on the command line.</para></sect4>
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122 |
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123 | <sect4><title>vipw and vigr</title>
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124 | <para>vipw and vigr will edit the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group,
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125 | respectively. With the -s flag, they will edit the shadow versions of
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126 | those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively.</para></sect4>
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127 |
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128 | </sect3>
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129 |
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130 | <sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
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131 |
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132 | <sect4><title>libmisc</title>
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133 | <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
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134 |
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135 | <sect4><title>libshadow</title>
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136 | <para>libshadow provides common functionality for the shadow
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137 | programs.</para></sect4>
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138 |
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139 | </sect3>
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140 |
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141 | </sect2>
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