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