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+'\" t
+.\" Title: unix_update
+.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 09/03/2021
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "UNIX_UPDATE" "8" "09/03/2021" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+unix_update \- Helper binary that updates the password of a given user
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBunix_update\fR\ 'u
+\fBunix_update\fR [\&.\&.\&.]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fIunix_update\fR
+is a helper program for the
+\fIpam_unix\fR
+module that updates the password of a given user\&. It is not intended to be run directly from the command line and logs a security violation if done so\&.
+.PP
+The purpose of the helper is to enable tighter confinement of login and password changing services\&. The helper is thus called only when SELinux is enabled on the system\&.
+.PP
+The interface of the helper \- command line options, and input/output data format are internal to the
+\fIpam_unix\fR
+module and it should not be called directly from applications\&.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBpam_unix\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+Written by Tomas Mraz and other various people\&.
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<refentry id="unix_update">
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>unix_update</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv id="unix_update-name">
+ <refname>unix_update</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Helper binary that updates the password of a given user</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis id="unix_update-cmdsynopsis">
+ <command>unix_update</command>
+ <arg choice="opt">
+ ...
+ </arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="unix_update-description">
+
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>unix_update</emphasis> is a helper program for the
+ <emphasis>pam_unix</emphasis> module that updates the
+ password of a given user. It is not intended to be run directly
+ from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The purpose of the helper is to enable tighter confinement of
+ login and password changing services. The helper is thus called only
+ when SELinux is enabled on the system.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The interface of the helper - command line options, and input/output
+ data format are internal to the <emphasis>pam_unix</emphasis>
+ module and it should not be called directly from applications.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='unix_update-see_also'>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='unix_update-author'>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>
+ Written by Tomas Mraz and other various people.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>