lfs-book/appendixa/shadowpwd-shortdesc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents of Shadow</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &shadow-contversion;.)</para>

<para>The Shadow package was created to strengthen the security
of system passwords.</para>

<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: chage, chfn, chpasswd, chsh,
dpasswd, expiry, faillog, gpasswd, groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, groups, grpck,
grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login, logoutd, mkpasswd, newgrp, newusers,
passwd, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, sg (link to newgrp), useradd, userdel, usermod,
vigr (link to vipw) and vipw</para>

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