lsof /etc/passwd
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
gnome-set 1449 roy 17r REG 8,1 1997 2260 /etc/passwd
applet.py 2218 roy 11r REG 8,1 1997 2260 /etc/passwd
roy@roy-desktop:~$ lsof /etc/shadow
roy@roy-desktop:~$
However, since posting my original, I did:
Code:
cp /etc/shadow /etc/shadow.bak2
Then:
Code:
cp /etc/shadow.bak /etc/shadow
As a result please note in the following that the date of shadow is now current.
Code:
roy@roy-desktop:~$ ls -l /etc/shadow*
-rw-r----- 1 roy roy 968 'some earlier date' /etc/shadow
-rw------- 1 roy roy 1296 2012-09-05 13:55 /etc/shadow-
-rw------- 1 roy roy 1002 2012-01-24 18:19 /etc/shadow-~
-rw-r----- 1 roy roy 968 2012-01-24 18:21 /etc/shadow.bak
Would you not think that the culprit here is : shadow- dated 2012-09-05?
Code:
roy@roy-desktop:~$ ls -l /etc/shadow*
-rw-r----- 1 roy roy 968 2012-09-07 17:07 /etc/shadow
-rw------- 1 roy roy 1296 2012-09-05 13:55 /etc/shadow-
-rw------- 1 roy roy 1002 2012-01-24 18:19 /etc/shadow-~
-rw-r----- 1 roy roy 968 2012-01-24 18:21 /etc/shadow.bak
-rw-r----- 1 roy roy 1297 2012-09-07 17:06 /etc/shadow.bak2
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---------- Post updated at 08:34 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:50 PM ----------
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pwconv
pwconv(8) System Manager's Manual pwconv(8)NAME
pwconv - convert to shadow account
SYNOPSIS
pwconv [-P path]
DESCRIPTION
pwconv installs and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd. It relies on the special password 'x' in the password field of
the account. This value indicates that the password for the user is already in /etc/shadow and should not be modified.
If /etc/shadow does not exist, pwconv creates this file, moves the user password to it and creates default aging informations with the help
of the values of PASS_MIN_DAYS, PASS_MAX_DAYS and PASS_WARN_AGE from /etc/login.defs. The password field in /etc/passwd is replaced with
the special character 'x'.
If the /etc/shadow does exist, entries that are in the /etc/passwd file and not in the /etc/shadow file are added to the /etc/shadow file.
Accounts, which only exist in /etc/passwd, are added to /etc/shadow. Entries that are in /etc/shadow and not in /etc/passwd are removed
from /etc/shadow. All passwords from /etc/passwd are moved to /etc/shadow and replaced with the special character 'x'.
pwconv can be used for initial conversion and for updates later.
OPTIONS -P, --path path
The passwd and shadow files are located below the specified directory path. pwconv will use this files, not /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow.
FILES
passwd - user account information
shadow - shadow user account information
SEE ALSO passwd(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), pwck(8), pwunconv(8)AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
pwdutils January 2004 pwconv(8)
09-08-2012
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