Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:50:21 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chpass(1) patch for changing only crypted passwords Message-ID: <20060926144706.R25959@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <86lko7q86b.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20060925114102.F79983@woozle.rinet.ru> <868xk8tjfy.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20060925214730.R752@woozle.rinet.ru> <86lko7q86b.fsf@dwp.des.no>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: DS> Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> writes: DS> > BTW, a question inspired by ru@: why pw_equal() skips password DS> > field? Its interface is unpublished, and the only consumers are DS> > DS> > marck@woozle:/lh/src.current> grep -Rl pw_equal . DS> > ./lib/libutil/libutil.h DS> > ./lib/libutil/pw_util.c DS> > ./release/picobsd/tinyware/passwd/pw_copy.c DS> > ./usr.bin/chpass/chpass.c DS> > DS> > and tyniware is false alarm ;) DS> DS> IIRC, pw_equal() was originally intended for locating the entry to DS> replace when changing the password... Ah yes, pw_copy() uses it internally, and seems to have to skip password field checking. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20060926144706.R25959>