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CHECK-PASSWD(8) 					      System Manager's Manual						   CHECK-PASSWD(8)

NAME
check-passwd - check for empty or duplicate system accounts. SYNOPSIS
check-passwd DESCRIPTION
The check-passwd command scans the system password file, and looks for either duplicate accounts or accounts without a password set. This is a plugin which is invoked by checksecurity (8) if enabled. CONFIGURATION
The check-passwd.conf file defines the configuration variables: CHECK_PASSWORD_WARN_UIDS and CHECK_PASSWORD_WARN_DUPLICATES Each is described below. The CHECK_PASSWORD_WARN_EMPTY variable controls whether this script will warn about accounts with empty passwords. Valid values are TRUE or FALSE The CHECK_PASSWORD_WARN_UIDS variable controls whether this script will warn about duplicate accounts sharing the same UID within the passwords file. Valid values are TRUE or FALSE FILES
/etc/checksecurity.conf Specifies whether this script is invoked /etc/checksecurity/check-passwd.conf The configuration file. Debian Linux 2 February 1997 CHECK-PASSWD(8)

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CHECKSECURITY(8)					      System Manager's Manual						  CHECKSECURITY(8)

NAME
checksecurity - Run a collection of simple system checks SYNOPSIS
checksecurity DESCRIPTION
The checksecurity command runs a small collection of simple system checks which are designed to catch a few common security issues. check- security is run by cron in a daily basis. CONFIGURATION
The checksecurity.conf file defines several configuration variables: MAILTO, CHECK_DISKFREE, CHECK_PASSWD and CHECK_SETUID LOGDIR. Each is described below. The checksecurity program works with a collection of plugins which are located in /usr/share/checksecurity and are configured individually by their own configuration file. CHECK_PASSWD If this is set to TRUE then the check-passwd script will be invoked. This script is designed to report upon system accounts which have no passwords. CHECK_DISKFREE If this is set to TRUE then the check-diskfree script will be invoked and will allow an alert to be sent if there is any mounted partition is running short on disk space. CHECK_SETUID If this is set to TRUE then the check-setuid script will be invoked, this will compare the setuid binaries upon the system to those that existed previously and show the differences. FILES
/etc/checksecurity.conf checksecurity configuration file SEE-ALSO See also check-diskfree(8), check-setuid(8), and check-passwd(8) Debian Linux 2 February 1997 CHECKSECURITY(8)
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