pwconv(1M)                                                pwconv(1M)


       NAME
             pwconv - install and update /etc/shadow with information from
             /etc/passwd

       SYNOPSIS
             pwconv

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

             If the /etc/shadow file does not exist, pwconv creates
             /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 is added
             to /etc/shadow.  However, the last changed information is
             always updated.

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

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

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

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

             The pwconv program is a privileged system command that cannot
             be executed by ordinary users.

       FILES
             /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/opasswd, /etc/oshadow

       REFERENCES
             passwd(1)

       DIAGNOSTICS
             The pwconv command exits with 0 on success, or non-zero on one
             of the following error conditions:




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      pwconv(1M)                                                pwconv(1M)


                  Permission denied.

                  Invalid command syntax.

                  Unexpected failure.  Conversion not done.

                  Unexpected failure.  Password file(s) missing.

                  Password file(s) busy.  Try again later.







































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