Re: Will anytime /etc/passwd change due to 'pwconv' command?

From: Eric Sosman (Eric.Sosman_at_sun.com)
Date: 08/18/04

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    qazmlp wrote:
    > In my understanding, 'pwconv' command synchronizes the /etc/shadow
    > file according to the entries in /etc/passwd i.e it results into
    > changes only in /etc/shadow file and not in /etc/passwd due to the
    > invocation of 'pwconv' command. Am I right? In any case, does 'pwconv'
    > also result into some changes in /etc/passwd file?

         Any actual hashed passwords in /etc/passwd will be
    replaced with 'x'. Ordinarily, this only happens the
    very first time pwconv is run.

         You've posed a couple questions about making changes
    to the "user account" files. What are you trying to do,
    and is there a reason you can't do it through standard
    interfaces? The days of hand-editing /etc/passwd are
    (or ought to be) behind us ... 

    -- 
Eric.Sosman@sun.com
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