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PWCONV(1M-SysV)     RISC/os Reference Manual      PWCONV(1M-SysV)



NAME
     pwconv  - installs and updates /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, 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 (e.g., password and aging informa-
          tion) that exist in an /etc/passwd entry will be moved
          to the corresponding entry in /etc/shadow.

     The pwconv program is a privileged system command that can-
     not be executed by ordinary users.

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

SEE ALSO
     passmgmt(1M).
     passwd(1) in the User's Reference Manual.

DIAGNOSTICS
     The pwconv command exits with one of the following values:
     0   SUCCESS.
     1   Permission denied.
     2   Invalid command syntax.





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     3   Unexpected failure. Conversion not done.
     4   Unexpected failure. Password file(s) missing.
     5   Password file(s) busy. Try again later.




















































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