--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ x`pwd` = "x/etc" ]
+then
+ echo Cannot operate directly on \"/etc\". >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+#make prototype for /etc/shadow
+sed -e "s/:.*/:*:`expr $(date +%s) / 86400`:0:99999:7:::/" passwd >shadow
+
+#make prototype for /etc/gshadow
+sed -e 's/:[0-9]\+:/::/g' group >gshadow
+
+#mark passwd and group files entries shadowed
+sed -i -e 's/^\([^:]\+\):[^:]*:/\1:x:/' passwd group
+
+echo Converted successfully.
+exit 0