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93 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<refentry id='gshadow.5'>
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<!-- $Id$ -->
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>gshadow</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">File Formats and Conversions</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv id='name'>
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<refname>gshadow</refname>
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<refpurpose>shadowed group file</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1 id='description'>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<para>
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<filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> contains the shadowed information
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for group accounts. It contains lines with the following
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colon-separated fields:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
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<listitem>
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<para>group name</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>encrypted password</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>comma-separated list of group administrators</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>comma-separated list of group members</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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The group name and password fields must be filled. The encrypted
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password consists of characters from the 64-character alphabet a thru
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z, A thru Z, 0 thru 9, \. and /. Refer to <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry> for details on how this string is interpreted. If the
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password field contains some string that is not valid result of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>, for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use
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a unix password to log in, subject to <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<para>
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This information supersedes any password present in
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<filename>/etc/group</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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This file must not be readable by regular users if password security
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is to be maintained.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='files'>
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<title>FILES</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>/etc/group</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Group account information.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Secure group account information.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='see_also'>
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>group</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>gpasswd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>newgrp</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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