is a tool for copying account information into the local system's
password and group databases, or equivalent, from other systems. It
can be used to slave individual accounts, whole systems, or various
partial combinations.
is a tool for copying account information into the local system's
password and group databases, or equivalent, from other systems. It
can be used to slave individual accounts, whole systems, or various
partial combinations.
and updates all of the local details it is configured to synchronise,
from all relevant sources.
and updates all of the local details it is configured to synchronise,
from all relevant sources.
password and group databases, or its configuration file or command
line arguments.
Malicious data in source information will not be able to take control
of sync-accounts, but will be copied to the local databases if
password and group databases, or its configuration file or command
line arguments.
Malicious data in source information will not be able to take control
of sync-accounts, but will be copied to the local databases if
-To update the local databases, sync\-accounts must be run as root.
-For \-q and \-n sync\-accounts still needs to be able to successfuly
+To update the local databases, sync-accounts must be run as root.
+For \-q and \-n sync-accounts still needs to be able to successfuly
-.BR /etc/master.passwd ", " /etc/passwd ", " /etc/shadow ", " /etc/group
-Default local account databases, depending on configuration.
+.BR /etc/passwd ", " /etc/group ", " /etc/shadow ", " /etc/master.passwd
+Local account databases, depending on configuration.
+.TP
+.BR /etc/shadow-non-existent
+Must not exist.
changed account information.
There is no simple mechanism for automatically getting the right
configuration details for accessing the local system's password and
group databases.
changed account information.
There is no simple mechanism for automatically getting the right
configuration details for accessing the local system's password and
group databases.
-.B sync\-accounts
-and this manpage were written by Ian Jackson
-<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. They are Copyright 2002 Ian Jackson.
+.B sync-accounts
+and this manpage are part of the
+.B sync-accounts
+package which was written by Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.
+They are Copyright 1999-2000,2002 Ian Jackson
+<ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>, and Copyright 2000-2001 nCipher
+Corporation Ltd.
-sync\-accounts and this manpage are free software; you can
-redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
+The sync-accounts package is free software; you can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+your option) any later version.
This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR sync-accounts "(5), "
+.BR grab-account "(8), "
+.BR sync-accounts-createuser "(8), "
+.BR passwd "(5), "
+.BR group "(5), "
+.BR shadow "(5), "
+.BR master.passwd "(5), "
+.BR vipw "(8), "
+.BR vigr "(8)"