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diff --git a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.sgml b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 3eb409d27..000000000 --- a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,273 +0,0 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Contents</title> - -<para> -The Shadow Password Suite contains the chage, chfn, chsh, expiry, -faillog, gpasswd, lastlog, login, newgrp, passwd, sg, su, chpasswd, -dpasswd, groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv, logoutd, -mkpasswd, newusers, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, useradd, userdel, usermod -and vipw programs. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2><title>Description</title> - -<sect3><title>chage</title> - -<para> -chage changes the number of days between password changes and the date of -the last password change. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>chfn</title> - -<para> -chfn changes user fullname, office number, office extension, and home -phone number information for a user's account. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>chsh</title> - -<para> -chsh changes the user login shell. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>expiry</title> - -<para> -Checks and enforces password expiration policy. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>faillog</title> - -<para> -faillog formats the contents of the failure log,/var/log/faillog, and -maintains failure counts and limits. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>gpasswd</title> - -<para> -gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>lastlog</title> - -<para> -lastlog formats and prints the contents of the last login log, -/var/log/lastlog. The login-name, port, and last login time will be printed. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>login</title> - -<para> -login is used to establish a new session with the system. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>newgrp</title> - -<para> -newgrp is used to change the current group ID during a login session. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>passwd</title> - -<para> -passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>sg</title> - -<para> -sg executes command as a different group ID. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>su</title> - -<para> -Change the effective user id and group id to that of a user. This -replaces the su programs that's installed from the Shellutils package. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>chpasswd</title> - -<para> -chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from standard -input and uses this information to update a group of existing users. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>dpasswd</title> - -<para> -dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dialup passwords for user login shells. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>groupadd</title> - -<para> -The groupadd command creates a new group account using the values -specified on the command line and the default values from the system. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>groupdel</title> - -<para> -The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all -entries that refer to group. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>groupmod</title> - -<para> -The groupmod command modifies the system account files to reflect the -changes that are specified on the command line. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>grpck</title> - -<para> -grpck verifies the integrity of the system authentication information. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>grpconv</title> - -<para> -grpunconv converts to shadow group files from normal group files. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>grpunconv</title> - -<para> -grpunconv converts from shadow group files to normal group files. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>logoutd</title> - -<para> -logoutd enforces the login time and port restrictions specified in -/etc/porttime. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>mkpasswd</title> - -<para> -mkpasswd reads a file in the format given by the flags and converts it -to the corresponding database file format. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>newusers</title> - -<para> -newusers reads a file of user name and cleartext password pairs and uses -this information to update a group of existing users or to create new users. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>pwck</title> - -<para> -pwck verifies the integrity of the system authentication information. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>pwconv</title> - -<para> -pwconv converts to shadow passwd files from normal passwd files. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>pwunconv</title> - -<para> -pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>useradd</title> - -<para> -useradd creates a new user or update default new user information. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>userdel</title> - -<para> -userdel modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that -refer to a specified login name. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>usermod</title> - -<para> -usermod modifies the system account files to reflect the changes that -are specified on the command line. -</para> - -</sect3> - -<sect3><title>vipw and vigr</title> - -<para> -vipw and vigr will edit the files /etc/passwd and /etc/group, -respectively. With the -s flag, they will edit the shadow versions of -those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively. -</para> - -</sect3> - -</sect2> - |