---
name: "shield-purge"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpam-shield"
version: "0.9.6-1.3+b2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shield-purge"
---

# shield-purge(8)

manage hosts rules for the pam\_shield package.

## NAME

shield-purge - manage hosts rules for the pam\_shield package.

## SYNOPSIS

**shield-purge \[-hdnlf\] \[-c config file\]**

## DESCRIPTION

shield-purge deletes old entries from the database. A binary for the pam-shield module, shield\_purge is not intended to be invoked manualy. It is a halper program for job in crontab.

**shield-purge** clears records from the database that are older than the time specified by **retention** in [**shield.conf**(5)](/shield.conf/5.md).

This program is part of the PAM-shield package. PAM-shield comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  See the GNU General Public Licence for details.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Display this information

- **-c, --conf=file**

  Specify config file (default: /etc/security/shield.conf)

- **-d, --debug**

  Verbose output for debugging purposes

- **-n, --dry-run**

  Do not perform any updates

- **-l, --list**

  List all database entries

- **-f, --force**

  Delete all entries, even if unexpired

## AUTHOR

Walter de Jong \<walter@heiho.net\>

## PROJECT LOCATION

https://github.com/jtniehof/pam\_shield

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007-2011 by Walter de Jong \<walter@heiho.net\>\
 Copyright 2010 Jonathan Niehof \<jtniehof@gmail.com\>