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<H1>UNIX_UPDATE</H1>
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (8)<BR>Updated: 05/18/2017<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
unix_update - Helper binary that updates the password of a given user
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>unix_update</B> [...]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<I>unix_update</I>
<DD>is a helper program for the
<I>pam_unix</I>
module that updates the password of a given user. It is not intended to be run directly from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.
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The purpose of the helper is to enable tighter confinement of login and password changing services. The helper is thus called only when SELinux is enabled on the system.
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The interface of the helper - command line options, and input/output data format are internal to the
<I>pam_unix</I>
module and it should not be called directly from applications.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+pam_unix">pam_unix</A></B>(8)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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Written by Tomas Mraz and other various people.
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