From bdc08c1c6419be50edb433c4425481bdabf8a5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Hymers Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:15:46 +0000 Subject: [Bug 190] reorganise and sync descriptions git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1549 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml | 165 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml') 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 @@ - -Contents +Contents of shadow-&shadow-contversion; -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. +Program Files +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 - - -Description +Descriptions -chage +chage chage changes the number of days between password changes and the date of -the last password change. +the last password change. -chfn +chfn chfn changes user full name, office number, office extension, and home -phone number information for a user's account. +phone number information for a user's account. -chpasswd +chpasswd chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from standard input and uses this information to update a group of -existing users. +existing users. -chsh -chsh changes the user login shell. +chsh +chsh changes the user login shell. -dpasswd +dpasswd dpasswd adds, deletes, and updates dial-up passwords for -user login shells. +user login shells. -expiry -Checks and enforces password expiration policy. +expiry +Checks and enforces password expiration policy. -faillog +faillog faillog formats the contents of the failure log,/var/log/faillog, and -maintains failure counts and limits. +maintains failure counts and limits. -gpasswd -gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file +gpasswd +gpasswd is used to administer the /etc/group file -groupadd +groupadd The groupadd command creates a new group account using the values specified on the command line and the default values from -the system. +the system. -groupdel +groupdel The groupdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all -entries that refer to group. +entries that refer to group. -groupmod +groupmod The groupmod command modifies the system account files to reflect the -changes that are specified on the command line. +changes that are specified on the command line. -grpck +grpck grpck verifies the integrity of the system authentication -information. +information. -grpconv +grpconv grpunconv converts to shadow group files from normal -group files. +group files. -grpunconv +grpunconv grpunconv converts from shadow group files to normal -group files. +group files. -lastlog +lastlog 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. - -login -login is used to establish a new session with the system. - -newgrp -newgrp is used to change the current group ID during a -login session. - -passwd -passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. +printed. -sg -sg executes command as a different group ID. +login +login is used to establish a new session with the system. -su -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. - -logoutd +logoutd logoutd enforces the login time and port restrictions specified in -/etc/porttime. +/etc/porttime. -mkpasswd +mkpasswd mkpasswd reads a file in the format given by the flags and converts it -to the corresponding database file format. +to the corresponding database file format. + +newgrp +newgrp is used to change the current group ID during a +login session. -newusers +newusers 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. +users. -pwck +passwd +passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. + +pwck pwck verifies the integrity of the system authentication -information. +information. -pwconv +pwconv pwconv converts to shadow passwd files from normal passwd -files. +files. + +pwunconv +pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files. + +sg +sg executes command as a different group ID. -pwunconv -pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files. +su +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. -useradd +useradd useradd creates a new user or update default new user -information. +information. -userdel +userdel userdel modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that -refer to a specified login name. +refer to a specified login name. -usermod +usermod usermod modifies the system account files to reflect the changes that -are specified on the command line. +are specified on the command line. -vipw and vigr +vipw and vigr 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. +those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively. + + + +Library Files +libshadow.[a,so] + +Descriptions + +libshadow +libshadow provides common functionality for the shadow +programs. + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf