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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[752f4e5] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-shadow" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Shadow-&shadow-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="shadow.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow"><primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The Shadow package contains programs for handling passwords in a secure
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| 14 | way.</para>
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| 15 |
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[a001133] | 16 | <segmentedlist>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.4 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 20 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 21 |
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[a001133] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>Shadow installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 24 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils,
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[69993f4] | 25 | Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 26 | </segmentedlist>
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| 27 | </sect2>
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[3554fa3a] | 28 |
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[a001133] | 29 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 30 | <title>Installation of Shadow</title>
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| 31 |
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[6820da0] | 32 | <para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 33 |
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[d0a6c4c] | 34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 35 |
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| 36 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 39 |
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[ef13657] | 40 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 41 |
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| 42 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 43 |
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[b7e8981] | 44 | <para id="shadow-limits-login_access">Shadow uses two files to configure
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| 45 | authentication settings for the system. Install these two config files:</para>
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| 46 |
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[a75acee] | 47 | <indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/limits">/etc/limits</primary></indexterm>
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[b7e8981] | 48 | <indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/login.access">/etc/login.access</primary></indexterm>
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[73aedd1d] | 49 |
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| 50 | <screen><userinput>cp etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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[38bb44a] | 52 | <beginpage/>
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[b7e8981] | 53 | <para id="shadow-login_defs">Instead of using the default <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method,
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[ef13657] | 54 | use the more secure <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password
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| 55 | encryption, which also allows passwords longer than 8 characters. It
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| 56 | is also necessary to change the obsolete <filename
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| 57 | class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location for user
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| 58 | mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename
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| 59 | class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently. Both
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| 60 | of these can be accomplished by changing the relevant configuration
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| 61 | file while copying it to its destination:</para>
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[c21999c6] | 62 |
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[b7e8981] | 63 | <indexterm zone="shadow-login_defs"><primary sortas="e-/etc/login.defs">/etc/login.defs</primary></indexterm>
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| 64 |
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[2ec4b60] | 65 | <screen><userinput>cp etc/login.defs.linux /etc/login.defs
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| 66 | sed -i -e 's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \
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[8dffa04] | 67 | -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 68 |
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[407d336] | 69 | <para>Move a misplaced program to their proper
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| 70 | location:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 71 |
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[407d336] | 72 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 73 |
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[ef13657] | 74 | <para>Move Shadow's dynamic libraries to a more appropriate
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| 75 | location:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 76 |
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[407d336] | 77 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libshadow.so.0* /lib</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 78 |
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[ef13657] | 79 | <para>Because some packages expect to find the just-moved libraries in
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| 80 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, create the following
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[407d336] | 81 | symlink:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 82 |
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[407d336] | 83 | <screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 84 |
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[ef13657] | 85 | <para>The <parameter>-D</parameter> option of the
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| 86 | <command>useradd</command> program requires the <filename
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| 87 | class="directory">/etc/default</filename> directory for it to work
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| 88 | properly:</para>
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[638a816e] | 89 |
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| 90 | <screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/default</userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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[ef13657] | 92 | <para>Coreutils has already installed a better
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| 93 | <command>groups</command> program in <filename
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| 94 | class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. Remove the one installed by
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| 95 | Shadow:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 96 |
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| 97 | <screen><userinput>rm /bin/groups</userinput></screen>
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[2256873] | 98 | <beginpage/>
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[73aedd1d] | 99 | </sect2>
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[24351aa] | 100 |
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[2309b72] | 101 |
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[df8334f] | 102 | <sect2 id="conf-shadow" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Shadow</title>
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[673b0d8] | 103 | <indexterm zone="conf-shadow">
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| 104 | <primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary>
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| 105 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
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[2309b72] | 106 |
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[ef13657] | 107 | <para>This package contains utilities to add, modify, and delete users
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| 108 | and groups; set and change their passwords; and perform other
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| 109 | administrative tasks. For a full explanation of what
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| 110 | <emphasis>password shadowing</emphasis> means, see the
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| 111 | <filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> file within the unpacked source tree.
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| 112 | If using Shadow support, keep in mind that programs which need to
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[69993f4] | 113 | verify passwords (display managers, FTP programs, pop3 daemons, etc.)
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| 114 | must be shadow-compliant. That is, they need to be able to work with
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[ef13657] | 115 | shadowed passwords.</para>
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[2309b72] | 116 |
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| 117 | <para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para>
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| 118 |
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[cd1ddd7] | 119 | <screen><userinput>pwconv</userinput></screen>
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[2309b72] | 120 |
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[673b0d8] | 121 | <para>To enable shadowed group passwords, run:</para>
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[2309b72] | 122 |
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[cd1ddd7] | 123 | <screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen>
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[2309b72] | 124 |
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[ef13657] | 125 | <para>Under normal circumstances, passwords will not have been created
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| 126 | yet. However, if returning to this section later to enable shadowing,
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| 127 | reset any current user passwords with the <command>passwd</command>
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| 128 | command or any group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command>
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| 129 | command.</para>
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[c21999c6] | 130 |
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[2309b72] | 131 | </sect2>
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| 132 |
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[c21999c6] | 133 |
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[df8334f] | 134 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[2309b72] | 135 | <title>Setting the root password</title>
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| 136 |
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[ef13657] | 137 | <para>Choose a password for user <emphasis>root</emphasis> and set it
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| 138 | by running:</para>
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[2309b72] | 139 |
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| 140 | <screen><userinput>passwd root</userinput></screen>
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[2256873] | 141 | <beginpage/>
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[2309b72] | 142 | </sect2>
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[24351aa] | 143 |
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[5888299] | 144 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 145 | <sect2 id="contents-shadow" role="content"><title>Contents of Shadow</title>
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[673b0d8] | 146 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 147 | <segmentedlist>
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| 148 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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[69993f4] | 149 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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[35ee31b] | 150 | <seglistitem><seg>chage, chfn, chpasswd, chsh, expiry, faillog, gpasswd,
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| 151 | groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, groups, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login,
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| 152 | logoutd, mkpasswd, newgrp, newusers, passwd, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, sg
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[69993f4] | 153 | (link to newgrp), useradd, userdel, usermod, vigr (link to vipw), and vipw</seg>
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| 154 | <seg>libshadow[.a,so]</seg>
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[35ee31b] | 155 | </seglistitem>
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[c6cb3aa] | 156 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 157 |
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[2256873] | 158 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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[3ed279f] | 159 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[673b0d8] | 160 |
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[b8a819f] | 161 | <varlistentry id="chage">
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| 162 | <term><command>chage</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 163 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 164 | <para>Used to change the maximum number of days between obligatory
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| 165 | password changes</para>
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[3ed279f] | 166 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage"><primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 169 |
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[b8a819f] | 170 | <varlistentry id="chfn">
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| 171 | <term><command>chfn</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 172 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 173 | <para>Used to change a user's full name and other info</para>
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[3ed279f] | 174 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn"><primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 177 |
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[b8a819f] | 178 | <varlistentry id="chpasswd">
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| 179 | <term><command>chpasswd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 180 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 181 | <para>Used to update the passwords of an entire series of user
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| 182 | accounts</para>
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[3ed279f] | 183 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd"><primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 186 |
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[b8a819f] | 187 | <varlistentry id="chsh">
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| 188 | <term><command>chsh</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 189 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 190 | <para>Used to change a user's default login shell</para>
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[3ed279f] | 191 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chsh"><primary sortas="b-chsh">chsh</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 194 |
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[b8a819f] | 195 | <varlistentry id="expiry">
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| 196 | <term><command>expiry</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 197 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 198 | <para>Checks and enforces the current password expiration policy</para>
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[3ed279f] | 199 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow expiry"><primary sortas="b-expiry">expiry</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 200 | </listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 202 |
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[b8a819f] | 203 | <varlistentry id="faillog">
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| 204 | <term><command>faillog</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 205 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 206 | <para>Is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum number of
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| 207 | failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the failure count</para>
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[3ed279f] | 208 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow faillog"><primary sortas="b-faillog">faillog</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 209 | </listitem>
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| 210 | </varlistentry>
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| 211 |
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[b8a819f] | 212 | <varlistentry id="gpasswd">
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| 213 | <term><command>gpasswd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 214 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 215 | <para>Is used to add and delete members and administrators to groups</para>
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[3ed279f] | 216 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow gpasswd"><primary sortas="b-gpasswd">gpasswd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 217 | </listitem>
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| 218 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 219 |
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[b8a819f] | 220 | <varlistentry id="groupadd">
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| 221 | <term><command>groupadd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 222 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 223 | <para>Creates a group with the given name</para>
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[3ed279f] | 224 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupadd"><primary sortas="b-groupadd">groupadd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 227 |
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[b8a819f] | 228 | <varlistentry id="groupdel">
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| 229 | <term><command>groupdel</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 230 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 231 | <para>Deletes the group with the given name</para>
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[3ed279f] | 232 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupdel"><primary sortas="b-groupdel">groupdel</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 235 |
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[b8a819f] | 236 | <varlistentry id="groupmod">
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| 237 | <term><command>groupmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 238 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 239 | <para>Is used to modify the given group's name or GID</para>
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[3ed279f] | 240 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmod"><primary sortas="b-groupmod">groupmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 243 |
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[b8a819f] | 244 | <varlistentry id="groups">
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| 245 | <term><command>groups</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 246 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 247 | <para>Reports the groups of which the given users are members</para>
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[3ed279f] | 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groups"><primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 251 |
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[b8a819f] | 252 | <varlistentry id="grpck">
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| 253 | <term><command>grpck</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 254 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 255 | <para>Verifies the integrity of the group files <filename>/etc/group</filename>
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| 256 | and <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></para>
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[b7e8981] | 257 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpck"><primary sortas="b-grpck">grpck</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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| 260 |
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[b8a819f] | 261 | <varlistentry id="grpconv">
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| 262 | <term><command>grpconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 263 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 264 | <para>Creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal group file</para>
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[3ed279f] | 265 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpconv"><primary sortas="b-grpconv">grpconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 268 |
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[b8a819f] | 269 | <varlistentry id="grpunconv">
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| 270 | <term><command>grpunconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 271 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 272 | <para>Updates <filename>/etc/group</filename>
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| 273 | from <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter</para>
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[3ed279f] | 274 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv"><primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 277 |
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[b8a819f] | 278 | <varlistentry id="lastlog">
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| 279 | <term><command>lastlog</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 280 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 281 | <para>Reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user</para>
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[3ed279f] | 282 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow lastlog"><primary sortas="b-lastlog">lastlog</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 285 |
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[b8a819f] | 286 | <varlistentry id="login">
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| 287 | <term><command>login</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 288 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 289 | <para>Is used by the system to let users sign on</para>
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[3ed279f] | 290 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow login"><primary sortas="b-login">login</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 291 | </listitem>
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| 292 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 293 |
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[b8a819f] | 294 | <varlistentry id="logoutd">
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| 295 | <term><command>logoutd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 296 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 297 | <para>Is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time and ports</para>
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[3ed279f] | 298 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow logoutd"><primary sortas="b-logoutd">logoutd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 301 |
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[b8a819f] | 302 | <varlistentry id="mkpasswd">
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| 303 | <term><command>mkpasswd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 304 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 305 | <para>Generates random passwords</para>
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[3ed279f] | 306 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow mkpasswd"><primary sortas="b-mkpasswd">mkpasswd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 307 | </listitem>
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| 308 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 309 |
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[b8a819f] | 310 | <varlistentry id="newgrp">
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| 311 | <term><command>newgrp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 312 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 313 | <para>Is used to change the current GID during a login session</para>
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[3ed279f] | 314 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newgrp"><primary sortas="b-newgrp">newgrp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 315 | </listitem>
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| 316 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 317 |
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[b8a819f] | 318 | <varlistentry id="newusers">
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| 319 | <term><command>newusers</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 320 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 321 | <para>Is used to create or update an entire series of user accounts</para>
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[3ed279f] | 322 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newusers"><primary sortas="b-newusers">newusers</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 323 | </listitem>
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| 324 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 325 |
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[b8a819f] | 326 | <varlistentry id="passwd">
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| 327 | <term><command>passwd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 328 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 329 | <para>Is used to change the password for a user or group account</para>
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[3ed279f] | 330 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow passwd"><primary sortas="b-passwd">passwd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 331 | </listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 333 |
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[b8a819f] | 334 | <varlistentry id="pwck">
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| 335 | <term><command>pwck</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 336 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 337 | <para>Verifies the integrity of the password files
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| 338 | <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename></para>
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[3ed279f] | 339 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck"><primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 340 | </listitem>
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| 341 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 342 |
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[b8a819f] | 343 | <varlistentry id="pwconv">
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| 344 | <term><command>pwconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 345 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 346 | <para>Creates or updates the shadow password file from the normal
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| 347 | password file</para>
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[3ed279f] | 348 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv"><primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 349 | </listitem>
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| 350 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 351 |
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[b8a819f] | 352 | <varlistentry id="pwunconv">
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| 353 | <term><command>pwunconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 354 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 355 | <para>Updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>
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| 356 | from <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter</para>
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[3ed279f] | 357 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv"><primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 358 | </listitem>
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| 359 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 360 |
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[b8a819f] | 361 | <varlistentry id="sg">
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| 362 | <term><command>sg</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 363 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 364 | <para>Executes a given command while the user's GID
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| 365 | is set to that of the given group</para>
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[3ed279f] | 366 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg"><primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 367 | </listitem>
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| 368 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 369 |
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[7624c05] | 370 | <varlistentry id="su">
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| 371 | <term><command>su</command></term>
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| 372 | <listitem>
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| 373 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow su"><primary sortas="b-su">su</primary></indexterm>
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[2256873] | 374 | <para>Runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs</para>
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[7624c05] | 375 | </listitem>
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| 376 | </varlistentry>
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| 377 |
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[b8a819f] | 378 | <varlistentry id="useradd">
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| 379 | <term><command>useradd</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 380 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 381 | <para>Creates a new user with the given name, or updates the default
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| 382 | new-user information</para>
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[3ed279f] | 383 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd"><primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 384 | </listitem>
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| 385 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 386 |
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[b8a819f] | 387 | <varlistentry id="userdel">
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| 388 | <term><command>userdel</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 389 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 390 | <para>Deletes the given user account</para>
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[3ed279f] | 391 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow userdel"><primary sortas="b-userdel">userdel</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 392 | </listitem>
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| 393 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 394 |
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[b8a819f] | 395 | <varlistentry id="usermod">
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| 396 | <term><command>usermod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 397 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 398 | <para>Is used to modify the given user's login name, User
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[69993f4] | 399 | Identification (UID),
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[ef13657] | 400 | shell, initial group, home directory, etc.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 401 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod"><primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 402 | </listitem>
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| 403 | </varlistentry>
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| 404 |
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[b8a819f] | 405 | <varlistentry id="vigr">
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| 406 | <term><command>vigr</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 407 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 408 | <para>Edits the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or
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| 409 | <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files</para>
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[3ed279f] | 410 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vigr"><primary sortas="b-vigr">vigr</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 411 | </listitem>
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| 412 | </varlistentry>
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| 413 |
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[b8a819f] | 414 | <varlistentry id="vipw">
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| 415 | <term><command>vipw</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 416 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 417 | <para>Edits the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
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| 418 | <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> files</para>
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[3ed279f] | 419 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw"><primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 420 | </listitem>
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| 421 | </varlistentry>
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| 422 |
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[b8a819f] | 423 | <varlistentry id="libshadow">
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[8ad7980] | 424 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libshadow</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 425 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 426 | <para>Contains functions used by most programs in this package</para>
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[3ed279f] | 427 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libshadow"><primary sortas="c-libshadow">libshadow</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 428 | </listitem>
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| 429 | </varlistentry>
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| 430 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 431 |
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| 432 | </sect2>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | </sect1>
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[ef13657] | 435 |
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