From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 19:17:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B0A816A41F; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:17:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw1.york.ac.uk (mail-gw1.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA71B43D46; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:16:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from ury.york.ac.uk (ury.york.ac.uk [144.32.108.81]) by mail-gw1.york.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8IJGvKG005955; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:16:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from ury.york.ac.uk (localhost.york.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by ury.york.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8IJGvY5090383; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:16:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from localhost (gavin@localhost) by ury.york.ac.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j8IJGvrF090380; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:16:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: ury.york.ac.uk: gavin owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:16:57 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson X-X-Sender: gavin@ury.york.ac.uk To: Giorgos Keramidas In-Reply-To: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20050918200104.F89636@ury.york.ac.uk> References: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-698952180-1127071017=:89636" X-York-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-York-MailScanner-From: 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 X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:17:02 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-698952180-1127071017=:89636 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > keramida 2005-09-18 15:40:02 UTC > > 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? Gavin --0-698952180-1127071017=:89636 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="passwd.5.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <20050918201657.N89636@ury.york.ac.uk> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="passwd.5.diff" LS0tIHBhc3N3ZC41Lm9sZAlTdW4gU2VwIDE4IDE2OjQwOjAyIDIwMDUNCisr KyBwYXNzd2QuNQlTdW4gU2VwIDE4IDIwOjE1OjE2IDIwMDUNCkBAIC0xMTAs NyArMTEwLDkgQEANCiAuTm0gbWFzdGVyLnBhc3N3ZA0KIGZpbGUsIGEgcGFz c3dvcmQgb2YNCiAuUWwgKg0KLWlzIHVzZWQgdG8gaW5kaWNhdGUgdGhhdCBu byBvbmUgY2FuIGV2ZXIgbG9nIGludG8gdGhhdCBhY2NvdW50Lg0KK2lzIHVz ZWQgdG8gaW5kaWNhdGUgdGhhdCBubyBvbmUgY2FuIGV2ZXIgbG9nIGludG8g dGhhdCBhY2NvdW50DQordXNpbmcgcGFzc3dvcmRzLg0KK1Bhc3N3b3JkbGVz cyBsb2dpbnMgd2lsbCBub3QgYmUgcHJldmVudGVkLg0KIFRoZSBmaWVsZCBv bmx5IGNvbnRhaW5zIGVuY3J5cHRlZCBwYXNzd29yZHMsIGFuZA0KIC5RbCAq DQogY2FuIG5ldmVyIGJlIHRoZSByZXN1bHQgb2YgZW5jcnlwdGluZyBhIHBh c3N3b3JkLg0K --0-698952180-1127071017=:89636--