Commands Reference, Volume 4

pwck Command

Purpose

Verifies the correctness of local authentication information.

Syntax

pwck

Description

The pwck command verifies the correctness of the password information in the user database files by checking the definitions for all users. The pwck command internally calls the pwdck command with -n and ALL options.

Exit Status

0: The command completed successfully.
>0: An error occurred.

Examples

To verify that all the users and administrators exist in the user database, and have any errors reported (but not fixed), enter:
```
pwck
```

Files

/usr/bin/pwck

Contains the pwck command.

Related Information

The pwdck command.