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.

Security

Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX® users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Examples

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

   pwck

Files