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1 perry 1 PWCK
2 !!!PWCK
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 FILES
8 SEE ALSO
9 DIAGNOSTICS
10 AUTHOR
11 ----
12 !!NAME
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15 pwck - verify integrity of password files
16 !!SYNOPSIS
17
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19 __pwck__ [[__-r__] [[''passwd shadow'']
20 !!DESCRIPTION
21
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23 __pwck__ verifies the integrity of the system
24 authentication information. All entries in the
25 ''/etc/passwd'' and ''/etc/shadow'' are checked to see
26 that the entry has the proper format and valid data in each
27 field. The user is prompted to delete entries that are
28 improperly formatted or which have other incorrectable
29 errors.
30
31
32 Checks are made to verify that each entry has
33
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35 - the correct number of fields
36 - a unique user name
37 - a valid user and group identifier
38 - a valid primary group
39 - a valid home directory
40 - a valid login shell
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43 The checks for correct number of fields and unique user name
44 are fatal. If the entry has the wrong number of fields, the
45 user will be prompted to delete the entire line. If the user
46 does not answer affirmatively, all further checks are
47 bypassed. An entry with a duplicated user name is prompted
48 for deletion, but the remaining checks will still be made.
49 All other errors are warning and the user is encouraged to
50 run the __usermod__ command to correct the
51 error.
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54 The commands which operate on the ''/etc/passwd'' file
55 are not able to alter corrupted or duplicated entries.
56 __pwck__ should be used in those circumstances to remove
57 the offending entry.
58 !!OPTIONS
59
60
61 By default, __pwck__ operates on the files
62 ''/etc/passwd'' and ''/etc/shadow''. The user may
63 select alternate files with the ''passwd'' and
64 ''shadow'' parameters. Additionally, the user may execute
65 the command in read-only mode by specifying the __-r__
66 flag. This causes all questions regarding changes to be
67 answered __no__ without user intervention.
68 !!FILES
69
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71 /etc/passwd - user account information
72 /etc/shadow - encrypted password information
73 /etc/group - group information
74 !!SEE ALSO
75
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77 usermod(8), group(5), passwd(5),
78 shadow(5)
79 !!DIAGNOSTICS
80
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82 The __pwck__ command exits with the following
83 values:
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86 0
87
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89 Success
90
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92 1
93
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95 Syntax Error
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98 2
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101 One or more bad password entries
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104 3
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107 Cannot open password files
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110 4
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113 Cannot lock password files
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116 5
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119 Cannot update password files
120 !!AUTHOR
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123 Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)
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