| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">  %general-entities;]><sect1 id="ch-system-shadow" xreflabel="Shadow" role="wrap"><title>Shadow-&shadow-version;</title><?dbhtml filename="shadow.html"?><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow"><primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary></indexterm><sect2 role="package"><title/><para>The Shadow package contains programs for handling passwords in a secureway.</para><segmentedlist><segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle><segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle><seglistitem><seg>0.4 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem></segmentedlist><segmentedlist><segtitle>Shadow installation depends on</segtitle><seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils,Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem></segmentedlist></sect2><sect2 role="installation"><title>Installation of Shadow</title><para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para><screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared</userinput></screen><para>Work around a problem that prevents Shadow's internationalization fromworking:</para><screen><userinput>echo '#define HAVE_SETLOCALE 1' >> config.h</userinput></screen><para>Shadow incorrectly declares the malloc() function, causing compilationfailure. Fix this:</para><screen><userinput>sed -i '/extern char/d' libmisc/xmalloc.c</userinput></screen><para>Compile the package:</para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen><para>Then install it:</para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen><para>Shadow uses two files to configure authentication settings for thesystem. Install these two config files:</para><screen><userinput>cp etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen><para>Instead of using the default <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method, we wantto use the more secure <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password encryption,which also allows passwords longer than 8 characters. We also need tochange the obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename>location for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently. We accomplishboth these things by changing the relevant configuration file while copying itto its destination (it's probably better to cut-and-paste this rather than tryand type it all in):</para><screen><userinput>cp etc/login.defs.linux /etc/login.defssed -i -e 's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \    -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen><para>Move some misplaced symlinks/programs to their proper locations:</para><screen><userinput>mv /bin/sg /usr/binmv /bin/vigr /usr/sbinmv /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen><para>And move Shadow's dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location:</para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/lib{shadow,misc}.so.0* /lib</userinput></screen><para>As some packages expect to find the just-moved libraries in<filename>/usr/lib</filename>, create the following symlinks:</para><screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.soln -sf ../../lib/libmisc.so.0 /usr/lib/libmisc.so</userinput></screen><para>The -D option of the <filename>useradd</filename> program requires thisdirectory for it to work properly:</para><screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/default</userinput></screen><para>Coreutils has already installed a better <command>groups</command>program in <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. Remove the oneinstalled by Shadow:</para><screen><userinput>rm /bin/groups</userinput></screen></sect2><sect2 id="conf-shadow" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Shadow</title><indexterm zone="conf-shadow"><primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary><secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm><para>This package contains utilities to add, modify and delete users andgroups, set and change their passwords, and other such administrative tasks.For a full explanation of what <emphasis>password shadowing</emphasis> means,see the <filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> file within the unpacked source tree.There's one thing to keep in mind if you decide to use Shadow support: programsthat need to verify passwords (display managers, ftp programs, pop3 daemons,and the like) need to be <emphasis>shadow-compliant</emphasis>, that is theyneed to be able to work with shadowed passwords.</para><para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para><screen><userinput>pwconv</userinput></screen><para>To enable shadowed group passwords, run:</para><screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen><para>Under normal circumstances, you won't have created any passwords yet.However, if returning to this section later to enable shadowing, you shouldreset any current user passwords with the <command>passwd</command> command orany group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command> command.</para></sect2><sect2 role="configuration"><title>Setting the root password</title><para>Choose a password for user root and set it via:</para><screen><userinput>passwd root</userinput></screen></sect2><sect2 id="contents-shadow" role="content"><title>Contents of Shadow</title><segmentedlist><segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle><seglistitem><seg>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</seg></seglistitem></segmentedlist><variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title><varlistentry id="chage"><term><command>chage</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage"><primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary></indexterm><para>is used to change the maximum number ofdays between obligatory password changes.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="chfn"><term><command>chfn</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn"><primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary></indexterm><para>is used to change a user's full name and some other info.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="chpasswd"><term><command>chpasswd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd"><primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary></indexterm><para>is used to update the passwords of awhole series of user accounts in one go.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="chsh"><term><command>chsh</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chsh"><primary sortas="b-chsh">chsh</primary></indexterm><para>is used to change a user's default  login shell.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="dpasswd"><term><command>dpasswd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow dpasswd"><primary sortas="b-dpasswd">dpasswd</primary></indexterm><para>is used to change dial-up passwords for user login shells.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="expiry"><term><command>expiry</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow expiry"><primary sortas="b-expiry">expiry</primary></indexterm><para>checks and enforces the current password expiration policy.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="faillog"><term><command>faillog</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow faillog"><primary sortas="b-faillog">faillog</primary></indexterm><para>is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum number of failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the failure count.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="gpasswd"><term><command>gpasswd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow gpasswd"><primary sortas="b-gpasswd">gpasswd</primary></indexterm><para>is used to add and delete members and administrators to groups.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="groupadd"><term><command>groupadd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupadd"><primary sortas="b-groupadd">groupadd</primary></indexterm><para>creates a group with the given name.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="groupdel"><term><command>groupdel</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupdel"><primary sortas="b-groupdel">groupdel</primary></indexterm><para>deletes the group with the given name.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="groupmod"><term><command>groupmod</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmod"><primary sortas="b-groupmod">groupmod</primary></indexterm><para>is used to modify the given group's name or GID.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="groups"><term><command>groups</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groups"><primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary></indexterm><para>reports the groups of which the given users are members.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="grpck"><term><command>grpck</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpck"><primary sortas="b-grpck">grpck</primary></indexterm><para>verifies the integrity of the group files, <filename>/etc/group</filename> and <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="grpconv"><term><command>grpconv</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpconv"><primary sortas="b-grpconv">grpconv</primary></indexterm><para>creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal group file.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="grpunconv"><term><command>grpunconv</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv"><primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary></indexterm><para>updates <filename>/etc/group</filename>from <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="lastlog"><term><command>lastlog</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow lastlog"><primary sortas="b-lastlog">lastlog</primary></indexterm><para>reports the most recent login of all users, or of a given user.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="login"><term><command>login</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow login"><primary sortas="b-login">login</primary></indexterm><para>is used by the system to let users sign on.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="logoutd"><term><command>logoutd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow logoutd"><primary sortas="b-logoutd">logoutd</primary></indexterm><para>is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time and ports.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="mkpasswd"><term><command>mkpasswd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow mkpasswd"><primary sortas="b-mkpasswd">mkpasswd</primary></indexterm><para>encrypts the given password using the also given perturbation.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="newgrp"><term><command>newgrp</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newgrp"><primary sortas="b-newgrp">newgrp</primary></indexterm><para>is used to change the current GID during a login session.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="newusers"><term><command>newusers</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newusers"><primary sortas="b-newusers">newusers</primary></indexterm><para>is used to create or update a whole series of user accounts in one go.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="passwd"><term><command>passwd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow passwd"><primary sortas="b-passwd">passwd</primary></indexterm><para>is used to change the password for a user or group account.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="pwck"><term><command>pwck</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck"><primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary></indexterm><para>verifies the integrity of the password files, <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="pwconv"><term><command>pwconv</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv"><primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary></indexterm><para>creates or updates the shadow password filefrom the normal password file.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="pwunconv"><term><command>pwunconv</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv"><primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary></indexterm><para>updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>from <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="sg"><term><command>sg</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg"><primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary></indexterm><para>executes a given command while the user's GIDis set to that of the given group.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="useradd"><term><command>useradd</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd"><primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary></indexterm><para>creates a new user with the given name,or updates the default new-user information.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="userdel"><term><command>userdel</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow userdel"><primary sortas="b-userdel">userdel</primary></indexterm><para>deletes the given user account.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="usermod"><term><command>usermod</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod"><primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary></indexterm><para>is used to modify the given user's login name, UID (User Identification), shell, initial group, home directory, and the like.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="vigr"><term><command>vigr</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vigr"><primary sortas="b-vigr">vigr</primary></indexterm><para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="vipw"><term><command>vipw</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw"><primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary></indexterm><para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> files.</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="libmisc"><term><command>libmisc</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libmisc"><primary sortas="c-libmisc">libmisc</primary></indexterm><para>...</para></listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry id="libshadow"><term><command>libshadow</command></term><listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libshadow"><primary sortas="c-libshadow">libshadow</primary></indexterm><para>contains functions used by most programs in this package.</para></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist></sect2></sect1>
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