NAME¶
unix_update - Helper binary that updates the password of a given user
SYNOPSIS¶
unix_update [...]
DESCRIPTION¶
unix_update is a helper program for the
pam_unix 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.
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.
The interface of the helper - command line options, and input/output data format
are internal to the
pam_unix module and it should not be called
directly from applications.
SEE ALSO¶
pam_unix(8)
AUTHOR¶
Written by Tomas Mraz and other various people.