pwconv(8)

NAME
pwconv - convert to shadow account

SYNOPSIS

pwconv [-P path]

DESCRIPTION
pwconv installs and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd. It relies on the special password 'x' in the password field of the account. This value indicates that the password for the user is already in /etc/shadow and should not be modified. If /etc/shadow does not exist, pwconv creates this file, moves the user password to it and creates default aging informations with the help of the values of PASS_MIN_DAYS, PASS_MAX_DAYS and PASS_WARN_AGE from /etc/login.defs. The password field in /etc/passwd/fR is replaced with the special character 'x'. If the /etc/shadow does exist, entries that are in the /etc/passwd file and not in the /etc/shadow file will be added to the /etc/shadow file. Accounts, which only exist in /etc/passwd, will be added to /etc/shadow. All passwords from /etc/passwd will be moved to /etc/shadow and replaced with the special character 'x'. pwconv can be used for initial conversion and for updates later.

OPTIONS

-P, --path path
    The passwd and shadow files are located below the specified directory path. pwconv will use this files, not /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

FILES
passwd - user account information
shadow - shadow user account information

SEE ALSO
passwd(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), pwck(8), pwunconv(8)

AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>