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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference
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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference

by Janice Winsor
September 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
1312 pages
33h 47m
English
Pearson
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passmgmt — Password Files Management

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/passmgmt -a options
						name
/usr/sbin/passmgmt -m options
						name
/usr/sbin/passmgmt -d name
					

Description

Use the passmgmt command to update information in the password files. This command works with both /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

Note

The passmgmt command modifies password definitions only in the local /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. If a network nameservice such as NIS or NIS+ is being used to supplement the local files with additional entries, passmgmt cannot change information supplied by the network nameservice.

The passmgmt command will be removed in a future release. Its functionality has been replaced and enhanced by the useradd, userdel, and usermod commands, which are currently ...

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