HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

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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 Authenti-
cation 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 con-
ditions are encountered that might not cause program errors in login, password and su pro-
grams.
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.
SEE ALSO
getprpwent(3), getprtcent(3), getprdfent(3), authcap(4).
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