Document that chpasswd does not use PAM to update the passwords. This fixes
http://bugs.debian.org/396726. Debian patch 411_chpasswd_document_no_pam.
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Remember to set permissions or umask to prevent readability of
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unencrypted files by other users.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>chpasswd</command> does not use PAM to update the passwords.
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Thus, It only updates the passwords from the
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<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>
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databases, and does not support the various checks provided by PAM
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modules.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='see_also'>
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