shadowconfig(8)

📦 version 4.19.3, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

Okay so the manual name here is shadowconfig 🎀, and it's giving "turn shadow passwords on" 🔥. That's literally the whole job, bestie 💅.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

shadowconfig

Just the one word, no extra flags, no cap 💖.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so the main move is shadowconfig on, and it will turn shadow passwords on ✨. Iconic, periodt 👑.

🚨 ERRORS 🚨

Not me getting an error message 😭. If shadowconfig finds anything awry, it will print an error message and exit with a nonzero code 💀. When that happens, you should correct the error and run it again 🫶. Lowkey the good news is that turning shadow passwords on when they are already on is harmless 🌈.

🧚 CAVEATS 🧚

Heads up bestie ⚠️: turning shadow passwords off using shadowconfig is not supported anymore 🙈. Don't go down that road.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Read /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.Debian for a brief introduction to shadow passwords and related features 📖✨.

Stay shadowy, stay slay, shadow-utils (Debian) 2025-02-17, shadowconfig(8) 🎀💖

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