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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[ddd5542] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-shadow" role="wrap">
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[ddd5542] | 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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[673b0d8] | 26 |
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[ddd5542] | 27 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 28 | <seg>&shadow-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>&shadow-ch6-du;</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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[6370fa6] | 32 |
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[ddd5542] | 33 | </sect2>
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[3554fa3a] | 34 |
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[ddd5542] | 35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 36 | <title>Installation of Shadow</title>
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[73aedd1d] | 37 |
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[ddd5542] | 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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[a75f3f8] | 45 |
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[ddd5542] | 46 | <para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para>
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[804a46a] | 47 |
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[e990c367] | 48 | <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/lib --enable-shared --without-selinux</userinput></screen>
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[804a46a] | 49 |
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[ddd5542] | 50 | <variablelist>
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| 51 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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[73aedd1d] | 52 |
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[ddd5542] | 53 | <varlistentry>
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| 54 | <term><parameter>--without-selinux</parameter></term>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Support for selinux is enabled by default, but selinux is not
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| 57 | built in a base LFS system. The <command>configure</command> script
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| 58 | will fail if this option is not used.</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 61 |
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[ddd5542] | 62 | </variablelist>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Disable the installation of the <command>groups</command> program
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| 65 | and its man page, as Coreutils provides a better version:</para>
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[98fcc37] | 66 |
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| 67 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/groups$(EXEEXT) //' src/Makefile
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[70326af] | 68 | find man -name Makefile -exec sed -i '/groups/d' {} \;</userinput></screen>
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[98fcc37] | 69 |
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[ddd5542] | 70 | <para>Disable the installation of Chinese and Korean manual pages, since
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| 71 | Man-DB cannot format them properly:</para>
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[fa21b3d] | 72 |
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| 73 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/ ko//' -e 's/ zh_CN zh_TW//' man/Makefile</userinput></screen>
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| 74 |
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[8cc0866] | 75 | <para>Shadow supplies other manual pages in a UTF-8 encoding. Man-DB
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[26cfdf0] | 76 | can display these in the recommended encodings by using the
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| 77 | <command>convert-mans</command> script which we installed.</para>
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[8cc0866] | 78 |
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| 79 | <screen><userinput> for i in de es fi fr id it pt_BR; do
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| 80 | convert-mans UTF-8 ISO-8859-1 man/${i}/*.?
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| 81 | done
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| 82 |
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| 83 | for i in cs hu pl; do
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| 84 | convert-mans UTF-8 ISO-8859-2 man/${i}/*.?
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| 85 | done
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| 86 |
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| 87 | convert-mans UTF-8 EUC-JP man/ja/*.?
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| 88 | convert-mans UTF-8 KOI8-R man/ru/*.?
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| 89 | convert-mans UTF-8 ISO-8859-9 man/tr/*.?</userinput></screen>
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| 90 |
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[ddd5542] | 91 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 92 |
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| 93 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 94 |
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[ddd5542] | 95 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[0be3d41] | 96 |
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[ddd5542] | 97 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 98 |
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| 99 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 100 |
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[ddd5542] | 101 | <para id="shadow-limits-login_access">Shadow uses two files to configure
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| 102 | authentication settings for the system. Install these two configuration
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| 103 | files:</para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access">
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| 106 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/limits">/etc/limits</primary>
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| 107 | </indexterm>
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[81fd230] | 108 |
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[ddd5542] | 109 | <indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access">
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| 110 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/login.access">/etc/login.access</primary>
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| 111 | </indexterm>
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[73aedd1d] | 112 |
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[5998892] | 113 | <screen><userinput>cp -v etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 114 |
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[ddd5542] | 115 | <para id="shadow-login_defs">Instead of using the default
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| 116 | <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method, use the more secure
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| 117 | <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password encryption, which also allows
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| 118 | passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change the
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| 119 | obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location
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| 120 | for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename
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| 121 | class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently. Both of
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| 122 | these can be accomplished by changing the relevant configuration file
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| 123 | while copying it to its destination:</para>
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[81fd230] | 124 |
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[ddd5542] | 125 | <indexterm zone="shadow-login_defs">
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| 126 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/login.defs">/etc/login.defs</primary>
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| 127 | </indexterm>
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[c21999c6] | 128 |
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[f2e18a8] | 129 | <screen><userinput>sed -e's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \
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| 130 | -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' \
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| 131 | etc/login.defs > /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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[ddd5542] | 133 | <note>
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[e6c8119] | 134 | <para>If you built Shadow with Cracklib support, run the following:</para>
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[a7b5482] | 135 |
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[f2e18a8] | 136 | <screen><literal>sed -i 's@DICTPATH.*@DICTPATH\t/lib/cracklib/pw_dict@' /etc/login.defs</literal></screen>
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[ddd5542] | 137 | </note>
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[d96d594] | 138 |
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[ddd5542] | 139 | <para>Move a misplaced program to its proper location:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 140 |
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[5998892] | 141 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 142 |
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[ddd5542] | 143 | <para>Move Shadow's libraries to more appropriate locations:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 144 |
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[5998892] | 145 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /lib/libshadow.*a /usr/lib
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| 146 | rm -v /lib/libshadow.so
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| 147 | ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 148 |
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[ddd5542] | 149 | <para>The <parameter>-D</parameter> option of the
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| 150 | <command>useradd</command> program requires the <filename
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| 151 | class="directory">/etc/default</filename> directory for it to work
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| 152 | properly:</para>
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[638a816e] | 153 |
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[5998892] | 154 | <screen><userinput>mkdir -v /etc/default</userinput></screen>
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[638a816e] | 155 |
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[ddd5542] | 156 | </sect2>
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[24351aa] | 157 |
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[ddd5542] | 158 | <sect2 id="conf-shadow" role="configuration">
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| 159 | <title>Configuring Shadow</title>
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[2309b72] | 160 |
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[ddd5542] | 161 | <indexterm zone="conf-shadow">
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| 162 | <primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary>
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| 163 | <secondary>configuring</secondary>
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| 164 | </indexterm>
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[81fd230] | 165 |
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[ddd5542] | 166 | <para>This package contains utilities to add, modify, and delete users and
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| 167 | groups; set and change their passwords; and perform other administrative
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| 168 | tasks. For a full explanation of what <emphasis>password shadowing</emphasis>
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| 169 | means, see the <filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> file within the unpacked
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| 170 | source tree. If using Shadow support, keep in mind that programs which need
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| 171 | to verify passwords (display managers, FTP programs, pop3 daemons, etc.)
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| 172 | must be Shadow-compliant. That is, they need to be able to work with
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| 173 | shadowed passwords.</para>
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[81fd230] | 174 |
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[ddd5542] | 175 | <para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para>
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[2309b72] | 176 |
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[cd1ddd7] | 177 | <screen><userinput>pwconv</userinput></screen>
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[2309b72] | 178 |
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[ddd5542] | 179 | <para>To enable shadowed group passwords, run:</para>
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[2309b72] | 180 |
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[cd1ddd7] | 181 | <screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen>
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[2309b72] | 182 |
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[ddd5542] | 183 | <para>Under normal circumstances, passwords will not have been created
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| 184 | yet. However, if returning to this section later to enable shadowing,
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| 185 | reset any current user passwords with the <command>passwd</command>
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| 186 | command or any group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command>
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| 187 | command.</para>
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[2309b72] | 188 |
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[ddd5542] | 189 | </sect2>
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[c21999c6] | 190 |
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[ddd5542] | 191 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 192 | <title>Setting the root password</title>
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[2309b72] | 193 |
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[ddd5542] | 194 | <para>Choose a password for user <emphasis>root</emphasis> and set it
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| 195 | by running:</para>
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[2309b72] | 196 |
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[ab007ca] | 197 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd root</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 198 |
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[ddd5542] | 199 | </sect2>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <sect2 id="contents-shadow" role="content">
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| 202 | <title>Contents of Shadow</title>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <segmentedlist>
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| 205 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 206 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <seglistitem>
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[470b5d4] | 209 | <seg>chage, chfn, chgpasswd, chpasswd, chsh, expiry, faillog, gpasswd,
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| 210 | groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login,
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| 211 | logoutd, newgrp, newusers, passwd, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, sg (link to
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| 212 | newgrp), su, useradd, userdel, usermod, vigr (link to vipw), and
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| 213 | vipw</seg>
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[0090db5] | 214 | <seg>libshadow.{a,so}</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 215 | </seglistitem>
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| 216 | </segmentedlist>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <variablelist>
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| 219 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 220 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 221 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <varlistentry id="chage">
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| 224 | <term><command>chage</command></term>
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| 225 | <listitem>
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| 226 | <para>Used to change the maximum number of days between obligatory
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| 227 | password changes</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="chfn">
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| 235 | <term><command>chfn</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>Used to change a user's full name and other information</para>
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| 238 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn">
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| 239 | <primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary>
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| 240 | </indexterm>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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| 243 |
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[470b5d4] | 244 | <varlistentry id="chgpasswd">
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| 245 | <term><command>chgpasswd</command></term>
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| 246 | <listitem>
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| 247 | <para>Used to update group passwords in batch mode</para>
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chgpasswd">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="b-chgpasswd">chgpasswd</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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[ddd5542] | 254 | <varlistentry id="chpasswd">
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| 255 | <term><command>chpasswd</command></term>
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| 256 | <listitem>
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[470b5d4] | 257 | <para>Used to update user passwords in batch mode</para>
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[ddd5542] | 258 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd">
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| 259 | <primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary>
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| 260 | </indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <varlistentry id="chsh">
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| 265 | <term><command>chsh</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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| 267 | <para>Used to change a user's default login shell</para>
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| 268 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chsh">
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| 269 | <primary sortas="b-chsh">chsh</primary>
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| 270 | </indexterm>
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| 271 | </listitem>
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| 272 | </varlistentry>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <varlistentry id="expiry">
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| 275 | <term><command>expiry</command></term>
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| 276 | <listitem>
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| 277 | <para>Checks and enforces the current password expiration policy</para>
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| 278 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow expiry">
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| 279 | <primary sortas="b-expiry">expiry</primary>
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| 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="faillog">
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| 285 | <term><command>faillog</command></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>Is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum
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| 288 | number of failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the
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| 289 | failure count</para>
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| 290 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow faillog">
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| 291 | <primary sortas="b-faillog">faillog</primary>
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| 292 | </indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <varlistentry id="gpasswd">
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| 297 | <term><command>gpasswd</command></term>
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| 298 | <listitem>
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| 299 | <para>Is used to add and delete members and administrators to
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| 300 | groups</para>
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| 301 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow gpasswd">
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| 302 | <primary sortas="b-gpasswd">gpasswd</primary>
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| 303 | </indexterm>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 | </varlistentry>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <varlistentry id="groupadd">
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| 308 | <term><command>groupadd</command></term>
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| 309 | <listitem>
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| 310 | <para>Creates a group with the given name</para>
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| 311 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupadd">
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| 312 | <primary sortas="b-groupadd">groupadd</primary>
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| 313 | </indexterm>
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| 314 | </listitem>
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| 315 | </varlistentry>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <varlistentry id="groupdel">
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| 318 | <term><command>groupdel</command></term>
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| 319 | <listitem>
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| 320 | <para>Deletes the group with the given name</para>
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| 321 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupdel">
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| 322 | <primary sortas="b-groupdel">groupdel</primary>
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| 323 | </indexterm>
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| 324 | </listitem>
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| 325 | </varlistentry>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <varlistentry id="groupmod">
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| 328 | <term><command>groupmod</command></term>
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| 329 | <listitem>
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| 330 | <para>Is used to modify the given group's name or GID</para>
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| 331 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmod">
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| 332 | <primary sortas="b-groupmod">groupmod</primary>
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| 333 | </indexterm>
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| 334 | </listitem>
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| 335 | </varlistentry>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <varlistentry id="grpck">
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| 338 | <term><command>grpck</command></term>
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| 339 | <listitem>
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| 340 | <para>Verifies the integrity of the group files
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| 341 | <filename>/etc/group</filename> and
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| 342 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></para>
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| 343 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpck">
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| 344 | <primary sortas="b-grpck">grpck</primary>
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| 345 | </indexterm>
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| 346 | </listitem>
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| 347 | </varlistentry>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <varlistentry id="grpconv">
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| 350 | <term><command>grpconv</command></term>
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| 351 | <listitem>
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| 352 | <para>Creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal
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| 353 | group file</para>
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| 354 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpconv">
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| 355 | <primary sortas="b-grpconv">grpconv</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 | </varlistentry>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | <varlistentry id="grpunconv">
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| 361 | <term><command>grpunconv</command></term>
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| 362 | <listitem>
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| 363 | <para>Updates <filename>/etc/group</filename> from
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| 364 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter</para>
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| 365 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv">
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| 366 | <primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary>
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| 367 | </indexterm>
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| 368 | </listitem>
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| 369 | </varlistentry>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <varlistentry id="lastlog">
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| 372 | <term><command>lastlog</command></term>
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| 373 | <listitem>
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| 374 | <para>Reports the most recent login of all users or of a
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| 375 | given user</para>
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| 376 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow lastlog">
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| 377 | <primary sortas="b-lastlog">lastlog</primary>
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| 378 | </indexterm>
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| 379 | </listitem>
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| 380 | </varlistentry>
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| 381 |
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| 382 | <varlistentry id="login">
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| 383 | <term><command>login</command></term>
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| 384 | <listitem>
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| 385 | <para>Is used by the system to let users sign on</para>
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| 386 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow login">
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| 387 | <primary sortas="b-login">login</primary>
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| 388 | </indexterm>
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| 389 | </listitem>
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| 390 | </varlistentry>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <varlistentry id="logoutd">
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| 393 | <term><command>logoutd</command></term>
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| 394 | <listitem>
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| 395 | <para>Is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time
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| 396 | and ports</para>
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| 397 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow logoutd">
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| 398 | <primary sortas="b-logoutd">logoutd</primary>
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| 399 | </indexterm>
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| 400 | </listitem>
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| 401 | </varlistentry>
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| 402 |
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| 403 | <varlistentry id="newgrp">
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| 404 | <term><command>newgrp</command></term>
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| 405 | <listitem>
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| 406 | <para>Is used to change the current GID during a login session</para>
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| 407 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newgrp">
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| 408 | <primary sortas="b-newgrp">newgrp</primary>
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| 409 | </indexterm>
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| 410 | </listitem>
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| 411 | </varlistentry>
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| 412 |
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| 413 | <varlistentry id="newusers">
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| 414 | <term><command>newusers</command></term>
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| 415 | <listitem>
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| 416 | <para>Is used to create or update an entire series of user
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| 417 | accounts</para>
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| 418 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newusers">
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| 419 | <primary sortas="b-newusers">newusers</primary>
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| 420 | </indexterm>
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| 421 | </listitem>
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| 422 | </varlistentry>
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| 423 |
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| 424 | <varlistentry id="passwd">
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| 425 | <term><command>passwd</command></term>
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| 426 | <listitem>
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| 427 | <para>Is used to change the password for a user or group account</para>
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| 428 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow passwd">
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| 429 | <primary sortas="b-passwd">passwd</primary>
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| 430 | </indexterm>
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| 431 | </listitem>
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| 432 | </varlistentry>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <varlistentry id="pwck">
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| 435 | <term><command>pwck</command></term>
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| 436 | <listitem>
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| 437 | <para>Verifies the integrity of the password files
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| 438 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
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| 439 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename></para>
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| 440 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck">
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| 441 | <primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary>
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| 442 | </indexterm>
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| 443 | </listitem>
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| 444 | </varlistentry>
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| 445 |
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| 446 | <varlistentry id="pwconv">
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| 447 | <term><command>pwconv</command></term>
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| 448 | <listitem>
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| 449 | <para>Creates or updates the shadow password file from the normal
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| 450 | password file</para>
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| 451 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv">
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| 452 | <primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary>
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| 453 | </indexterm>
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| 454 | </listitem>
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| 455 | </varlistentry>
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| 456 |
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| 457 | <varlistentry id="pwunconv">
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| 458 | <term><command>pwunconv</command></term>
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| 459 | <listitem>
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| 460 | <para>Updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> from
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| 461 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter</para>
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| 462 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv">
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| 463 | <primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary>
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| 464 | </indexterm>
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| 465 | </listitem>
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| 466 | </varlistentry>
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| 467 |
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| 468 | <varlistentry id="sg">
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| 469 | <term><command>sg</command></term>
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| 470 | <listitem>
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| 471 | <para>Executes a given command while the user's GID
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| 472 | is set to that of the given group</para>
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| 473 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg">
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| 474 | <primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary>
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| 475 | </indexterm>
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| 476 | </listitem>
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| 477 | </varlistentry>
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| 478 |
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| 479 | <varlistentry id="su">
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| 480 | <term><command>su</command></term>
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| 481 | <listitem>
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| 482 | <para>Runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs</para>
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| 483 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow su">
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| 484 | <primary sortas="b-su">su</primary>
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| 485 | </indexterm>
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| 486 | </listitem>
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| 487 | </varlistentry>
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| 488 |
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| 489 | <varlistentry id="useradd">
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| 490 | <term><command>useradd</command></term>
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| 491 | <listitem>
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| 492 | <para>Creates a new user with the given name, or updates the default
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| 493 | new-user information</para>
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| 494 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd">
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| 495 | <primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary>
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| 496 | </indexterm>
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| 497 | </listitem>
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| 498 | </varlistentry>
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| 499 |
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| 500 | <varlistentry id="userdel">
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| 501 | <term><command>userdel</command></term>
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| 502 | <listitem>
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| 503 | <para>Deletes the given user account</para>
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| 504 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow userdel">
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| 505 | <primary sortas="b-userdel">userdel</primary>
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| 506 | </indexterm>
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| 507 | </listitem>
|
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| 508 | </varlistentry>
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| 509 |
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| 510 | <varlistentry id="usermod">
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| 511 | <term><command>usermod</command></term>
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| 512 | <listitem>
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| 513 | <para>Is used to modify the given user's login name, User
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| 514 | Identification (UID), shell, initial group, home directory, etc.</para>
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| 515 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod">
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| 516 | <primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary>
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| 517 | </indexterm>
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| 518 | </listitem>
|
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| 519 | </varlistentry>
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| 520 |
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| 521 | <varlistentry id="vigr">
|
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| 522 | <term><command>vigr</command></term>
|
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| 523 | <listitem>
|
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| 524 | <para>Edits the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or
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| 525 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files</para>
|
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| 526 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vigr">
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| 527 | <primary sortas="b-vigr">vigr</primary>
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| 528 | </indexterm>
|
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| 529 | </listitem>
|
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| 530 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 531 |
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| 532 | <varlistentry id="vipw">
|
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| 533 | <term><command>vipw</command></term>
|
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| 534 | <listitem>
|
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| 535 | <para>Edits the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
|
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| 536 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> files</para>
|
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| 537 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw">
|
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| 538 | <primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary>
|
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| 539 | </indexterm>
|
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| 540 | </listitem>
|
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| 541 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 542 |
|
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| 543 | <varlistentry id="libshadow">
|
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| 544 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libshadow</filename></term>
|
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| 545 | <listitem>
|
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| 546 | <para>Contains functions used by most programs in this package</para>
|
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| 547 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libshadow">
|
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| 548 | <primary sortas="c-libshadow">libshadow</primary>
|
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| 549 | </indexterm>
|
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| 550 | </listitem>
|
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| 551 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 552 |
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| 553 | </variablelist>
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| 554 |
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| 555 | </sect2>
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[81fd230] | 556 |
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[ddd5542] | 557 | </sect1>
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