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pwconv(8)							     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 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 are added to the /etc/shadow file.
       Accounts, which only exist in /etc/passwd, are  added  to  /etc/shadow.
       Entries that are in /etc/shadow and not in /etc/passwd are removed from
       /etc/shadow. All passwords from /etc/passwd are	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>

pwdutils			 January 2004			     pwconv(8)

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