NAME
authck — check internal consistency of Authentication database
SYNOPSIS
authck
[-p]
[-t]
[-a]
[-v]
DESCRIPTION
The
authck
command only works for systems that have been converted to trusted mode.
authck
checks both the overall structure and internal field consistency
of all components of the Authentication database.
It reports all problems it finds.
Only users who have the
superuser
capability can run this command.
When
pwck
is used with the
-s
option,
authck
is run with the
-p
option automatically.
Options
authck
recognizes the following options and tests:
- -p
Check the Protected Password database.
The Protected Password database and
/etc/passwd
are checked for completeness such that neither contains
entries not in the other.
The cross references between the Protected Password database and
/etc/passwd
are checked to make sure that they agree.
If a user does NOT exist in
/etc/passwd
but exists in the Protected Password database, then
all inconsistencies are reported.
Fields in the Protected Password database are then checked
for reasonable values.
For example, all time stamps of past events
are checked to make sure that they have times
less than the times returned by
time(2).
- -t
Fields in the Terminal Control database are checked for reasonable values.
All time stamps of past events are checked
to make sure they have times less than those returned by
time(2).
- -a
Shorthand equivalent of using the
-p
and
-t
options together in a single command.
- -v
Provide running diagnostics as the program proceeds.
Produce warnings when unusual conditions are encountered
that might not cause program errors in
login, password
and
su
programs.
WARNINGS
HP-UX 11i Version 3 is the last release to support
trusted systems functionality.
FILES
- /etc/passwd
System password file
- /tcb/files/auth/*/*
Protected Password database
- /tcb/files/ttys
Terminal Control database
- /tcb/files/auth/system/default
System Defaults database
- /usr/sbin/authck
AUTHOR
authck
was developed by HP.
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