pwconv — Install and Update /etc/shadow with Information from /etc/passwd
Synopsis
/usr/sbin/pwconv
Description
Use the pwconv command to create and update /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd.
pwconv relies on a special value of x in the password field of /etc/passwd. This value 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 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 ...
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