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)