pwconv

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                   pwconv(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      pwconv - installs and updates /etc/shadow  with  information
      from /etc/passwd"
 


SYNOPSIS
      pwconv
 


DESCRIPTION
      The pwconv command  creates  and  updates  /etc/shadow  with
      information from /etc/passwd.
 
      pwconv relies on a special value  of  'x'  in  the  password
      field  of  /etc/passwd. This value of 'x' indicates that the
      password for the user is already in /etc/shadow  and  should
      not be modified.
 
      If the /etc/shadow file does not exist,  this  command  will
      create  /etc/shadow  with  information from /etc/passwd. The
      command populates /etc/shadow with the  user's  login  name,
      password,  and password aging information. If password aging
      information does not exist in  /etc/passwd for a given user,
      none  will  be  added  to   /etc/shadow.  However,  the last
      changed information will always be updated.
 
      If the  /etc/shadow file does  exist,  the  following  tasks
      will be performed:
 
            Entries that are in the  /etc/passwd file and  not  in
            the  /etc/shadow file will be added to the /etc/shadow"
            file.
 
            Entries that are in the  /etc/shadow file and  not  in
            the /etc/passwd file will be removed from /etc/shadow.
 
            Password attributes (for example, password  and  aging
            information)   that exist in an /etc/passwd entry will
            be moved to the corresponding entry in  /etc/shadow.
 
      The pwconv command can only be used by the super-user.
 


FILES
      /etc/opasswd
 
      /etc/oshadow
 
      /etc/passwd"
 
      /etc/shadow"
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8            Last change: 9 Mar 1993                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                   pwconv(1M)
 
 
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      passwd(1),  passmgmt(1M),  usermod(1M),  passwd(4),   attri-
      butes(5)
 


DIAGNOSTICS
      pwconv exits with one of the following values:
 
      0     SUCCESS.
 
      1     Permission denied.
 
      2     Invalid command syntax.
 
      3     Unexpected failure.  Conversion not done.
 
      4     Unexpected failure.  Password file(s) missing.
 
      5     Password file(s) busy.  Try again later.
 
      6     Bad entry in /etc/shadow file.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8            Last change: 9 Mar 1993                    2
 
 
 

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