NAME

       shadowconfig - toggle shadow passwords on and off

SYNOPSIS

       shadowconfig on | off

DESCRIPTION

       shadowconfig  on  will turn shadow passwords on; shadowconfig off will turn shadow passwords off. shadow‐
       config will print an error message and exit with a nonzero code if it finds anything awry. If  that  hap‐
       pens,  you  should  correct the error and run it again. Turning shadow passwords on when they are already
       on, or off when they are already off, is harmless.

       Read /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.Debian for a brief introduction to shadow passwords  and  related  fea‐
       tures.

       Note that turning shadow passwords off and on again will lose all password aging information.

                                                   19 Apr 1997                                   SHADOWCONFIG(8)