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DESCRIPTION |
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!!NAME |
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update-passwd - safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group |
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!!SYNOPSIS |
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__update-passwd__ ''[[options]'' |
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!!DESCRIPTION |
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__update-passwd__ handles updates of /etc/passwd, |
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/etc/shadow and /etc/group on running Debian systems. It |
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compares the current files to master copies, distributed in |
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the base-passwd package, and updates all entries in the |
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global system range (that is, 0-99). |
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!!OPTIONS |
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__update-passwd__ follows the usual GNU command line |
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syntax, with long options starting with two dashes |
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__-p__, __--passwd-master=FILE__ |
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Use FILE as the master copy of the passwd database. The |
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default value is |
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''/usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master''. |
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__-g__, __--group-master=FILE__ |
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Use FILE as the master copy of the group database. The |
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default value is |
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''/usr/share/base-passwd/group.master''. |
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__-P__, __--passwd=FILE__ |
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Use FILE as the the system passwd database. The default |
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value is ''/etc/passwd''. |
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__-S__, __--shadow=FILE__ |
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Use FILE as the the system passwd database. The default |
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value is ''/etc/shadow''. |
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__-G__, __--group=FILE__ |
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Use FILE as the the system group database. The default value |
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is ''/etc/group''. |
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__-s__, __--sanity-check__ |
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Only perform sanity-checks but don't do |
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__-v__, __--verbose__ |
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Give detailed information about we are doing. |
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__-n__, __--dry-run__ |
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Don't do anything but only show what we would |
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__-L__, __--no-locking__ |
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Don't attempt to lock the account database. This should only |
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be used for debugging purposes. __I repeat: do not do this |
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unless you are really sure you need this!__ |
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__-h__, __--help__ |
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Show a summary of how to use |
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__update-passwd__. |
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__-V__, __--version__ |
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Show the version number |
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!!BUGS |
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At this moment __update-passwd__ does not verify the |
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shadow-file. It should check if the entries in the passwd |
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are also in shadow and vica versa, and that passwords are |
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not present in both files. |
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!!AUTHOR |
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Wichert Akkerman |
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This program was written for the Debian project, and is |
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Copyright 1999-2002 Wichert Akkerman. It is distributed |
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under version 2 of the GNU General Public |
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License. |
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