From 2309b72d4497b5c39a2c3ea749bf7323bee647ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 22:17:06 +0000 Subject: Renaming the Shadow files to match the package name. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3228 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/shadow-desc.xml | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+) create mode 100644 appendixa/shadow-desc.xml (limited to 'appendixa/shadow-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/shadow-desc.xml b/appendixa/shadow-desc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..34a09ce29 --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/shadow-desc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +Short descriptions + +chage is used to change the maximum number of +days between obligatory password changes. + +chfn is used to change a user's full name and +some other info. + +chpasswd is used to update the passwords of a +whole series of user accounts in one go. + +chsh is used to change a user's default + login shell. + +dpasswd is used to change dial-up passwords for +user login shells. + +expiry checks and enforces the current password +expiration policy. + +faillog is used to examine the log of login +failures, to set a maximum number of failures before an account is blocked, +or to reset the failure count. + +gpasswd is used to add and delete members and +administrators to groups. + +groupadd creates a group with the given +name. + +groupdel deletes the group with the given +name. + +groupmod is used to modify the given group's +name or GID. + +groups reports the groups of which the given +users are members. + +grpck verifies the integrity of the group files, +/etc/group and /etc/gshadow. + +grpconv creates or updates the shadow group file +from the normal group file. + +grpunconv updates /etc/group +from /etc/gshadow and then deletes the latter. + +lastlog reports the most recent login of all +users, or of a given user. + +login is used by the system let users sign on. + +logoutd is a daemon used to enforce restrictions +on log-on time and ports. + +mkpasswd encrypts the given password using the +also given perturbation. + +newgrp is used to change the current GID during +a login session. + +newusers is used to create or update a whole +series of user accounts in one go. + +passwd is used to change the password for a user +or group account. + +pwck verifies the integrity of the password files, +/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. + +pwconv creates or updates the shadow password file +from the normal password file. + +pwunconv updates /etc/passwd +from /etc/shadow and then deletes the latter. + +sg executes a given command while the user's GID +is set to that of the given group. + +useradd creates a new user with the given name, +or updates the default new-user information. + +userdel deletes the given user account. + +usermod is used to modify the given user's +login name, UID, shell, initial group, home directory, and the like. + +vigr can be used to edit the +/etc/group or /etc/gshadow +files. + +vipw can be used to edit the +/etc/passwd or /etc/shadow +files. + +libmisc... + +libshadow contains functions used by most +programs in this package. + + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf