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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1996 - 1998, Marek Michałkiewicz
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000 - 2006, Tomasz Kłoczko
SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2011, Nicolas François
SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP.xml">
<!ENTITY PASS_MAX_DAYS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_DAYS.xml">
<!ENTITY PASS_MIN_DAYS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PASS_MIN_DAYS.xml">
<!ENTITY PASS_WARN_AGE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PASS_WARN_AGE.xml">
<!ENTITY USE_TCB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USE_TCB.xml">
<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
]>
<refentry id='pwconv.8'>
<!-- $Id$ -->
<refentryinfo>
<author>
<firstname>Marek</firstname>
<surname>Michałkiewicz</surname>
<contrib>Creation, 1996</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Thomas</firstname>
<surname>Kłoczko</surname>
<email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email>
<contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
<surname>François</surname>
<email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email>
<contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib>
</author>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>pwconv</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">System Management Commands</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>pwconv</refname>
<refname>pwunconv</refname>
<refname>grpconv</refname>
<refname>grpunconv</refname>
<refpurpose>convert to and from shadow passwords and groups</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>pwconv</command>
<arg choice='opt'>
<replaceable>options</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>pwunconv</command>
<arg choice='opt'>
<replaceable>options</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>grpconv</command>
<arg choice='opt'>
<replaceable>options</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>grpunconv</command>
<arg choice='opt'>
<replaceable>options</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
The <command>pwconv</command> command creates <emphasis
remap='I'>shadow</emphasis> from <emphasis remap='I'>passwd</emphasis>
and an optionally existing <emphasis remap='I'>shadow</emphasis>.
</para>
<para condition="tcb">
<command>pwconv</command> does not work with
<option>USE_TCB</option> enabled. To convert to tcb passwords, you
should first use <command>pwconv</command> to convert to shadowed
passwords by disabling <option>USE_TCB</option> in
<filename>login.defs</filename> and then convert to tcb password
using <command>tcb_convert</command> (and re-enable
<option>USE_TCB</option> in <filename>login.defs</filename>.)
</para>
<para>
The <command>pwunconv</command> command creates <emphasis
remap='I'>passwd</emphasis> from <emphasis remap='I'>passwd</emphasis>
and <emphasis remap='I'>shadow</emphasis> and then removes <emphasis
remap='I'>shadow</emphasis>.
</para>
<para condition="tcb">
<command>pwunconv</command> does not work with
<option>USE_TCB</option> enabled. You should first switch back from
tcb to shadowed passwords using <command>tcb_unconvert</command>,
and then disable <option>USE_TCB</option> in
<filename>login.defs</filename> before using
<command>pwunconv</command>.
</para>
<para>
The <command>grpconv</command> command creates <emphasis
remap='I'>gshadow</emphasis> from <emphasis remap='I'>group</emphasis>
and an optionally existing <emphasis remap='I'>gshadow</emphasis>.
</para>
<para>
The <command>grpunconv</command> command creates <emphasis
remap='I'>group</emphasis> from <emphasis remap='I'>group</emphasis>
and <emphasis remap='I'>gshadow</emphasis> and then removes <emphasis
remap='I'>gshadow</emphasis>.
</para>
<para>
These four programs all operate on the normal and shadow password and
group files: <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>,
<filename>/etc/group</filename>, <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and
<filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>.
</para>
<para>
Each program acquires the necessary locks before conversion.
<command>pwconv</command> and <command>grpconv</command> are similar.
First, entries in the shadowed file which don't exist in the main file
are removed. Then, shadowed entries which don't have `x' as the
password in the main file are updated. Any missing shadowed entries
are added. Finally, passwords in the main file are replaced with `x'.
These programs can be used for initial conversion as well to update
the shadowed file if the main file is edited by hand.
</para>
<para>
<command>pwconv</command> will use the values of <emphasis
remap='I'>PASS_MIN_DAYS</emphasis>, <emphasis
remap='I'>PASS_MAX_DAYS</emphasis>, and <emphasis
remap='I'>PASS_WARN_AGE</emphasis> from
<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> when adding new entries to
<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>.
</para>
<para>
Likewise <command>pwunconv</command> and <command>grpunconv</command>
are similar. Passwords in the main file are updated from the shadowed
file. Entries which exist in the main file but not in the shadowed
file are left alone. Finally, the shadowed file is removed. Some
password aging information is lost by <command>pwunconv</command>. It
will convert what it can.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>
The options which apply to the <command>pwconv</command>,
<command>pwunconv</command>, <command>grpconv</command>, and
<command>grpunconv</command> commands are:
</para>
<variablelist remap='IP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display help message and exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-R</option>, <option>--root</option> <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Apply changes in the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
directory and use the configuration files from the
<replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory.
Only absolute paths are supported.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='bugs'>
<title>BUGS</title>
<para>
Errors in the password or group files (such as invalid or duplicate
entries) may cause these programs to loop forever or fail in other
strange ways. Please run <command>pwck</command> and
<command>grpck</command> to correct any such errors before converting
to or from shadow passwords or groups.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='configuration'>
<title>CONFIGURATION</title>
<para>
The following configuration variable in
<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> changes the behavior of
<command>grpconv</command> and <command>grpunconv</command>:
</para>
<variablelist>
&MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP;
</variablelist>
<para>
The following configuration variables in
<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of
<command>pwconv</command>:
</para>
<variablelist>
&PASS_MAX_DAYS;
&PASS_MIN_DAYS;
&PASS_WARN_AGE;
&USE_TCB;
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='files'>
<title>FILES</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/login.defs</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Shadow password suite configuration.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='see_also'>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>grpck</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pwck</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry><phrase condition="tcb">,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>tcb_convert</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>tcb_unconvert</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry></phrase>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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