From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 28 13:23:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from nscache2.x-treme.gr (mail1.x-treme.gr [212.120.196.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62AE937B89E for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:23:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (pat12.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.204]) by nscache2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.1) with SMTP id AAA25998 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:23:10 +0300 Received: (qmail 1423 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Mar 2000 16:49:23 -0000 Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:49:23 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: current@freebsd.org Subject: periodic daily output (passwd diffs) Message-ID: <20000328194923.A1376@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When I changed my passwords from DES to MD5, I noticed this little thing with periodic daily output. Backup passwd and group files: passwd diffs: 1,2c1,2 < root:(password):0:0::0:0:Superuser:/root:/bin/csh < toor:(password):0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:/usr/local/bin/bash --- > root:(password):0:0::0:0:Superuser:/root:/bin/csh > toor:(password):0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:/usr/local/bin/bash At first glimpse, everything seems identical.. so, where is the difference? I realized that I had changed ONLY the password, and this was shown in the diffs in this strange way--since the password is clipped from the output of diff. Is this done on purpose, to show who has changed their password, or is it a side-effect of the way things are done until now, and we should attempt to change it some time? -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr> See the headers of this message for my public key fingeprint. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message