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diff --git a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml index 23586e740..bcaec9c12 100644 --- a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml @@ -1,134 +1,145 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Contents</title> +<sect2><title>Contents of shadow-&shadow-contversion;</title> -<para>The Shadow Password Suite contains the chage, chfn, chpasswd, chsh, -dpasswd, expiry, faillog, gpasswd, groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, grpck, -grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login, newgrp, passwd, sg, su, logoutd, -mkpasswd, newusers, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, useradd, -userdel, usermod, vigr and vipw programs.</para> +<sect3><title>Program Files</title> +<para>chage, chfn, chpasswd, chsh, dpasswd, expiry, faillog, gpasswd, +groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login, +logoutd, mkpasswd, newgrp, newusers, passwd, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, sg +(link to newgrp), su, useradd, userdel, usermod, vigr (link to vipw) and +vipw</para></sect3> -</sect2> - -<sect2><title>Description</title> +<sect3><title>Descriptions</title> -<sect3><title>chage</title> +<sect4><title>chage</title> <para>chage changes the number of days between password changes and the date of -the last password change.</para></sect3> +the last password change.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>chfn</title> +<sect4><title>chfn</title> <para>chfn changes user full name, office number, office extension, and home -phone number information for a user's account.</para></sect3> +phone number information for a user's account.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>chpasswd</title> +<sect4><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> +existing users.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>chsh</title> -<para>chsh changes the user login shell.</para></sect3> +<sect4><title>chsh</title> +<para>chsh changes the user login shell.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>dpasswd</title> +<sect4><title>dpasswd</title> <para>dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dial-up passwords for -user login shells.</para></sect3> +user login shells.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>expiry</title> -<para>Checks and enforces password expiration policy.</para></sect3> +<sect4><title>expiry</title> +<para>Checks and enforces password expiration policy.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>faillog</title> +<sect4><title>faillog</title> <para>faillog formats the contents of the failure log,/var/log/faillog, and -maintains failure counts and limits.</para></sect3> +maintains failure counts and limits.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>gpasswd</title> -<para>gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file</para></sect3> +<sect4><title>gpasswd</title> +<para>gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>groupadd</title> +<sect4><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> +the system.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>groupdel</title> +<sect4><title>groupdel</title> <para>The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all -entries that refer to group.</para></sect3> +entries that refer to group.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>groupmod</title> +<sect4><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> +changes that are specified on the command line.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>grpck</title> +<sect4><title>grpck</title> <para>grpck verifies the integrity of the system authentication -information.</para></sect3> +information.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>grpconv</title> +<sect4><title>grpconv</title> <para>grpunconv converts to shadow group files from normal -group files.</para></sect3> +group files.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>grpunconv</title> +<sect4><title>grpunconv</title> <para>grpunconv converts from shadow group files to normal -group files.</para></sect3> +group files.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>lastlog</title> +<sect4><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> +printed.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>sg</title> -<para>sg executes command as a different group ID.</para></sect3> +<sect4><title>login</title> +<para>login is used to establish a new session with the system.</para></sect4> -<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>logoutd</title> +<sect4><title>logoutd</title> <para>logoutd enforces the login time and port restrictions specified in -/etc/porttime.</para></sect3> +/etc/porttime.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>mkpasswd</title> +<sect4><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> +to the corresponding database file format.</para></sect4> + +<sect4><title>newgrp</title> +<para>newgrp is used to change the current group ID during a +login session.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>newusers</title> +<sect4><title>newusers</title> <para>newusers reads a file of user name and clear text password pairs and uses this information to update a group of existing users or to create new -users.</para></sect3> +users.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>pwck</title> +<sect4><title>passwd</title> +<para>passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts.</para></sect4> + +<sect4><title>pwck</title> <para>pwck verifies the integrity of the system authentication -information.</para></sect3> +information.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>pwconv</title> +<sect4><title>pwconv</title> <para>pwconv converts to shadow passwd files from normal passwd -files.</para></sect3> +files.</para></sect4> + +<sect4><title>pwunconv</title> +<para>pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files.</para></sect4> + +<sect4><title>sg</title> +<para>sg executes command as a different group ID.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>pwunconv</title> -<para>pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files.</para></sect3> +<sect4><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></sect4> -<sect3><title>useradd</title> +<sect4><title>useradd</title> <para>useradd creates a new user or update default new user -information.</para></sect3> +information.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>userdel</title> +<sect4><title>userdel</title> <para>userdel modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that -refer to a specified login name.</para></sect3> +refer to a specified login name.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>usermod</title> +<sect4><title>usermod</title> <para>usermod modifies the system account files to reflect the changes that -are specified on the command line.</para></sect3> +are specified on the command line.</para></sect4> -<sect3><title>vipw and vigr</title> +<sect4><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> +those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively.</para></sect4> + +</sect3> + +<sect3><title>Library Files</title> +<para>libshadow.[a,so]</para></sect3> + +<sect3><title>Descriptions</title> + +<sect4><title>libshadow</title> +<para>libshadow provides common functionality for the shadow +programs.</para></sect4> + +</sect3> </sect2> |