and /etc/passwd to section FILES.
* man/newusers.8.xml: Mentions that PAM is not used to set the
passwords.
* man/chpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow, /etc/login.defs).
* man/chpasswd.8.xml: Use the same paragraph as in newusers.8.xml
to indicate that PAM is not used.
* man/chgpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/group,
/etc/gshadow, /etc/login.defs).
+2007-11-21 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+ * man/newusers.8.xml: Added /etc/gshadow, /etc/group, /etc/shadow,
+ and /etc/passwd to section FILES.
+ * man/newusers.8.xml: Mentions that PAM is not used to set the
+ passwords.
+ * man/chpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/passwd,
+ /etc/shadow, /etc/login.defs).
+ * man/chpasswd.8.xml: Use the same paragraph as in newusers.8.xml
+ to indicate that PAM is not used.
+ * man/chgpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/group,
+ /etc/gshadow, /etc/login.defs).
+
2007-11-21 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
* src/newusers.c: Try harder to get the GID equal to the UID.
</para>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id='files'>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/group</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Group account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Secure group account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <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>
unencrypted files by other users.
</para>
<para>
- <command>chpasswd</command> does not use PAM to update the passwords.
- Thus, It only updates the passwords from the
- <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>
- databases, and does not support the various checks provided by PAM
- modules.
+ PAM is not used to update the passwords.
+ Thus, only <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> are updated, and the various checks
+ or options provided by PAM modules are not used.
</para>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id='files'>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>User account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Secure user account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <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>
The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted
passwords.
</para>
+ <para>
+ PAM is not used to update the passwords.
+ Thus, only <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> are updated, and the various checks
+ or options provided by PAM modules are not used.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='files'>
<title>FILES</title>
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>User account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Secure user account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/group</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Group account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Secure group account information.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/etc/login.defs</filename></term>
<listitem>