Administering user accounts

Configuring the shadow password file

The /etc/shadow file contains the encrypted passwords otherwise found in /etc/passwd. If your system does not have the shadow file configured, you can create it with the pwconv(1M) command. pwconv creates a new shadow file and removes the encrypted passwords from /etc/passwd. (When the /etc/shadow exists, /etc/passwd contains an ``x'' in the ``password'' field.)