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/usr/bin/pwck

PAM login and passwd utilities

From shadow 4.20.3-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running pwck --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: pwck [options] [passwd [shadow]]

Options:
  -b, --badname                 allow bad names
  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
  -q, --quiet                   report errors only
  -r, --read-only               display errors and warnings
                                but do not change files
  -R, --root CHROOT_DIR         directory to chroot into
  -s, --sort                    sort entries by UID
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-b, --badnameallow bad nameshelp
-h, --helpdisplay this help message and exithelp
-q, --quietreport errors onlyhelp
-r, --read-onlydisplay errors and warnings but do not change fileshelp
-R, --root CHROOT_DIRdirectory to chroot intohelp
-s, --sortsort entries by UIDhelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.