12-01-2017
/etc/shadow does not exist by default on HPUX system.
It is an additional install, and it should be done to harden the security, if required.
Otherwise, any user on the system can copy the /etc/passwd file and brute force the hashes.
You do not want to change those system users shell or anything else.
This is not a security issue nor it should be considered one since those users do not have a password defined.
Hope that helps
Regards
Peasant.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
partimaged-passwd
partimaged-passwd(8) Partition Image Server Configuration partimaged-passwd(8)
NAME
partimaged-passwd - Manage partimaged user accounts
SYNTAX
partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username password
partimaged-passwd [-Dhl] username
DESCRIPTION
partimaged can either authenticate against local user accounts (This needs access to /etc/shadow. As this is a potential security risk this
method is not recommended) or its own password database in /etc/partimaged/passwd.db. To simplify the management of the partimaged user
database this tool was written. It allows to easily add and remove users or list the users in the database. All users in this database are
allowed to access the partimaged server.
OPTIONS
-D username
Delete the specified user from the password file.
-l List users in password file and exit.
-h Output help information and exit.
FILES
/etc/partimaged/passwd.db
AUTHORS
Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
SEE ALSO
partimaged(8), partimagedusers(5), partimage(1)
Michael Biebl <biebl@teco.edu> 0.1 partimaged-passwd(8)