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:
R CHECK_PASSWORD_WARN_UIDS
and
R 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.