PWCONV(8)

NAME
pwconv - convert and update shadow password files

SYNOPSIS
pwconv

DESCRIPTION
Pwconv copies the password file information from /etc/passwd to the shadow password file, /etc/shadow. If the /etc/shadow file does not exist, it is created with modes which only permit read access to the owner. Shadow entries in the System V Release 3.2 format will be silently converted to the new System V Release 4 format. Any entries which are missing fields will have those fields filled in with default values where appropriate. New entries are created with passwords which expire in 10000 days, with a last changed date of today, unless password aging information was already present. Shadow entries without corresponding entries in /etc/passwd are removed.

FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

SEE ALSO
passwd(1), passwd(5), shadow(5), pwunconv(8)

AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@tab.com)