UPDATE-PASSWD
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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 system passwd database.
The default value is
/etc/passwd.
- -S, --shadow=FILE
-
Use FILE as the system shadow database.
The default value is
/etc/shadow.
- -G, --group=FILE
-
Use FILE as 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 what we are doing.
A second -v gives additional detail.
- -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 vice versa, and that passwords are not present in both files.
AUTHOR
Wichert Akkerman <
wakkerma@debian.org>
This program was written for the Debian project, and is
copyright 1999-2002 Wichert Akkerman and
copyright 2002, 2003 Colin Watson.
It is distributed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
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