pwconv(1M)


pwconv -- install and update /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd

Synopsis

pwconv

Description

The pwconv command creates and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd.

If the /etc/shadow file does not exist, pwconv creates /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 is added to /etc/shadow. However, the last changed information is always updated.

If the /etc/shadow file does exist, the following tasks are performed:

The pwconv program is a privileged system command that cannot be executed by ordinary users.

Files

/etc/passwd

/etc/shadow

/etc/opasswd

/etc/oshadow

Diagnostics

The pwconv command exits with 0 on success, or non-zero on one of the following error conditions:

References

passwd(1)
30 January 1998
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