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pwconv - installs and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd

SYNOPSIS

pwconv

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

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

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.