Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:59:14 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login.conf password options Message-ID: <20071213185914.GC1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20071213195148.7ky378lh80sg000k@www.boosten.org> References: <1197570177.17297.58.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> <20071213193021.wue4321qcuss00o8@www.boosten.org> <20071213184206.GB1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> <20071213195148.7ky378lh80sg000k@www.boosten.org>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:51:48PM +0100, Peter Boosten wrote:
> Quoting Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>:
>=20
> >On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:30:21PM +0100, Peter Boosten wrote:
> >>Quoting James Harrison <jamesh@lanl.gov>:
> >>
> >>> :passwordtime=3D150d:\
> >>> :warnpassword=3D150d:
> >>
> >>Is it me, or did you forget the backslash here?
> >
> >No, that's correct. It's the last line of a class definition. The backsl=
ash
> >is used as a line continuation character, and is not necessary on the la=
st
> >line. In fact, it must not be included, else it will cause the system to
> >interpret the next line as part of the same class definition, rather than
> >the start of the next.
> >
>=20
> Very good answer, *if* it were the last line of the class definition. =20
> I cut the last two lines from the original description from OP.
Quite right. My apologies for being an unobservant, trigger-happy nit!
Dan
--=20
Daniel Bye
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