Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:31:09 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 passwd.5 Message-ID: <20050918203109.GA1419@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20050918200104.F89636@ury.york.ac.uk> References: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050918200104.F89636@ury.york.ac.uk>
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On 2005-09-18 20:16, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Modified files: > > share/man/man5 passwd.5 > > Log: > > Explain the use of `*' in master.passwd and that it's slightly > > different from the use of `*' in /etc/passwd. > > +.Nm master.passwd > +file, a password of > +.Ql * > +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. > +The field only contains encrypted passwords, and > +.Ql * > +can never be the result of encrypting a password. > > This is not strictly true - all it prevents is logins using passwords. > Passwordless logins using SSH public keys (for example) are unaffected. > > Perhaps the attached patch chould be committed? Yeah, I've been talking with simon@ about this. I was preparing to commit something similar, see below: > --- passwd.5.old Sun Sep 18 16:40:02 2005 > +++ passwd.5 Sun Sep 18 20:15:16 2005 > @@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ > .Nm master.passwd > file, a password of > .Ql * > -is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. > +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account > +using passwords. > +Passwordless logins will not be prevented. > The field only contains encrypted passwords, and > .Ql * > can never be the result of encrypting a password. Would this be ok? % Index: passwd.5 % =================================================================== % RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5,v % retrieving revision 1.45 % diff -u -r1.45 passwd.5 % --- passwd.5 18 Sep 2005 15:40:02 -0000 1.45 % +++ passwd.5 18 Sep 2005 20:30:21 -0000 % @@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ % .Nm master.passwd % file, a password of % .Ql * % -is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. % +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account % +using password authentication (logins through other forms of % +authentication, i.e.\& using % +.Xr ssh 1 % +keys, will still work). % The field only contains encrypted passwords, and % .Ql * % can never be the result of encrypting a password.
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