check-passwd (8)

Check for empty or duplicate system accounts.

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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.