On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 06:12, blade- wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a way to sync /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow?
> there was no shadow file when I first set gentoo up and it added itself 
> later some how, it complains sometimes that there is no entry in 
> /etc/shadow for some users.

NAME
  pwconv, pwunconv, grpconv, grpunconv - convert to and from shadow
passwords and groups.

SYNOPSIS
  pwconv
  pwunconv
  grpconv
  grpunconv

DESCRIPTION
  These four programs all operate on the normal and shadow  password 
and group files: /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, and /etc/gshadow.

pwconv  creates  shadow  from passwd and an optionally existing shadow.
pwunconv creates passwd from passwd and shadow and then removes shadow.
grpconv  creates gshadow from group and an optionally existing gshadow.
grpunconv creates  group  from  group  and  gshadow  and  then  removes
gshadow.


Best regards
 Michael Boman

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Michael Boman
Security Architect, SecureCiRT Pte Ltd
http://www.securecirt.com

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