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
