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 PWCONV 1M "Mar 9, 1993"
 NAME
pwconv - installs and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd
 SYNOPSIS

pwconv


 DESCRIPTION

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

pwconv relies on a special value of 'x' in the password field of
/etc/passwd. This value of 'x' indicates that the password for the user
is already in /etc/shadow and should not be modified.

If the /etc/shadow file does not exist, this command will create
/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 will be added to /etc/shadow.
However, the last changed information will always be updated.

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


Entries that are in the /etc/passwd file and not in the
/etc/shadow file will be added to the /etc/shadow file.


Entries that are in the /etc/shadow file and not in the
/etc/passwd file will be removed from /etc/shadow.


Password attributes (for example, password and aging information) that exist
in an /etc/passwd entry will be moved to the corresponding entry in
/etc/shadow.


The pwconv command can only be used by the super-user.
 FILES
/etc/opasswd


/etc/oshadow


/etc/passwd


/etc/shadow


 SEE ALSO

passwd(1), passmgmt(1M), usermod(1M), passwd(4),
attributes(5)
 DIAGNOSTICS

pwconv exits with one of the following values:
0

SUCCESS.


1

Permission denied.


2

Invalid command syntax.


3

Unexpected failure. Conversion not done.


4

Unexpected failure. Password file(s) missing.


5

Password file(s) busy. Try again later.


6

Bad entry in /etc/shadow file.