Information about the package, shadow-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The shadow-utils package is designed for, Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files.
Package Name:
shadow-utils
Summary:
Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files
Description:
The shadow-utils package includes the necessary programs for converting UNIX password files to the shadow password format, plus programs for managing user and group accounts. The pwconv command converts passwords to the shadow password format. The pwunconv command unconverts shadow passwords and generates a passwd file (a standard UNIX password file). The pwck command checks the integrity of password and shadow files. The lastlog command prints out the last login times for all users. The useradd, userdel, and usermod commands are used for managing user accounts. The groupadd, groupdel, and groupmod commands are used for managing group accounts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.1.5.1
Release:
5.el6
Size:
3.3 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
BSD and GPLv2+
Control the shadow-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install shadow-utils
This command will install shadow-utils on the server.
yum remove shadow-utils
This command will un-install shadow-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shadow-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove shadow-utils
This command will un-install shadow-utils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove shadow-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update shadow-utils
This command will update shadow-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shadow-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update shadow-utils
This command will update shadow-utils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove shadow-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info shadow-utils
This command will show you core information about the shadow-utils package.
yum deplist shadow-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for shadow-utils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update shadow-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on shadow-utils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.