Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:24:01 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 passwd.5 Message-ID: <20050918222401.GQ441@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20050918203109.GA1419@flame.pc> References: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050918200104.F89636@ury.york.ac.uk> <20050918203109.GA1419@flame.pc>
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--Eu9PQ+LfZADlAtIa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 11:31:09PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > 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. Since "pw lock" has been entering the string '*LOCKED*' for years now, is there any reason why this has never been fed back to the OpenSSH project for inclusion as LOCKED_PASSWD_STRING for FreeBSD? Then we can document that in passwd.5 too and usage can start to converge. Ceri PS I'm aware that different people use different strings, but since *LOCKED* is what pw has been using for ever I see no reason to use anything else. --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --Eu9PQ+LfZADlAtIa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDLekBocfcwTS3JF8RAhmJAJ9GpdfxB0UImXJXdUJKJ0SIs6SlrwCbBZCg 59uG7FnBtD3QVSk2baAI9AE= =x6AX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Eu9PQ+LfZADlAtIa--
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