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.
       shadowconfig will print an error message and exit with a nonzero code if it finds anything awry. If  that
       happens, 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
       features.

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

                                                   19 Apr 1997                                   SHADOWCONFIG(8)