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From: hudgens@fsu.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Hudgens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: password file check program
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Date: 11 Mar 90 01:05:48 GMT
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I am looking for sources for a program similar to Sun's pwck
(/usr/etc/pwck) which locates problems in a system's passwd file
(such as duplicate id's, long-names, no passwords, non-existant
login directories and non-existant shells, etc., etc.).  It should not
be too hard to write, but if someone has one they would share
I would certainly appreciate it.

Note that I am **NOT** looking for a program to break passwords; but instead
one to check the *integrity* of the passwd file.  A non-trivial difference.
Sun's pwck is an great program in this respect.  

Jim Hudgens
hudgens@fsu.scri.fsu.edu