Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:51:48 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login.conf password options Message-ID: <20071213195148.7ky378lh80sg000k@www.boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <20071213184206.GB1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> References: <1197570177.17297.58.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> <20071213193021.wue4321qcuss00o8@www.boosten.org> <20071213184206.GB1085@brick.slightlystrange.org>
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Quoting Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:30:21PM +0100, Peter Boosten wrote: >> Quoting James Harrison <jamesh@lanl.gov>: >> >> > :passwordtime=150d:\ >> > :warnpassword=150d: >> >> Is it me, or did you forget the backslash here? > > No, that's correct. It's the last line of a class definition. The backslash > is used as a line continuation character, and is not necessary on the last > 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. > Very good answer, *if* it were the last line of the class definition. I cut the last two lines from the original description from OP. So to OP: add a backslash to the warnpassword= line. Peter
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