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author | Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> | 2019-12-05 13:29:31 +0100 |
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committer | Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se> | 2019-12-05 13:29:31 +0100 |
commit | 69d932140c70455a282b6e7115d9caf0cc56d6ff (patch) | |
tree | eda18bc82cc58e5d193e608f00543b2b5b537d49 /man/man5 | |
parent | b28d45d2bd2462414b9dbbe38e6c7f3d5f7b462b (diff) | |
download | shadow-69d932140c70455a282b6e7115d9caf0cc56d6ff.tar.gz |
New upstream version 4.8upstream/4.8
Diffstat (limited to 'man/man5')
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/faillog.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/gshadow.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/limits.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/login.access.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/login.defs.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/passwd.5 | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/porttime.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/shadow.5 | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/suauth.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/subgid.5 | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man5/subuid.5 | 6 |
11 files changed, 63 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/man/man5/faillog.5 b/man/man5/faillog.5 index 69532a2b..a2019f7d 100644 --- a/man/man5/faillog.5 +++ b/man/man5/faillog.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: faillog .\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "FAILLOG" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "FAILLOG" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/gshadow.5 b/man/man5/gshadow.5 index 5a8f6eb8..03fbb0f2 100644 --- a/man/man5/gshadow.5 +++ b/man/man5/gshadow.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: gshadow .\" Author: Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net> .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "GSHADOW" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "GSHADOW" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/limits.5 b/man/man5/limits.5 index e479c0b5..1c767b4f 100644 --- a/man/man5/limits.5 +++ b/man/man5/limits.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: limits .\" Author: Luca Berra .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "LIMITS" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "LIMITS" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/login.access.5 b/man/man5/login.access.5 index 75c50e62..56694011 100644 --- a/man/man5/login.access.5 +++ b/man/man5/login.access.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: login.access .\" Author: Marek Michałkiewicz .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "LOGIN\&.ACCESS" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "LOGIN\&.ACCESS" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/login.defs.5 b/man/man5/login.defs.5 index 2b045473..8903e6c7 100644 --- a/man/man5/login.defs.5 +++ b/man/man5/login.defs.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: login.defs .\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "LOGIN\&.DEFS" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "LOGIN\&.DEFS" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/passwd.5 b/man/man5/passwd.5 index 17a4d067..724dd6f7 100644 --- a/man/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/man/man5/passwd.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: passwd .\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "PASSWD" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "PASSWD" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -111,13 +111,7 @@ user home directory optional user command interpreter .RE .PP -The encrypted password field may be blank, in which case no password is required to authenticate as the specified login name\&. However, some applications which read the -/etc/passwd -file may decide not to permit -\fIany\fR -access at all if the -\fIpassword\fR -field is blank\&. If the +If the \fIpassword\fR field is a lower\-case \(lqx\(rq, then the encrypted password is actually stored in the @@ -126,10 +120,30 @@ file instead; there \fImust\fR be a corresponding line in the /etc/shadow -file, or else the user account is invalid\&. If the +file, or else the user account is invalid\&. +.PP +The encrypted +\fIpassword\fR +field may be empty, in which case no password is required to authenticate as the specified login name\&. However, some applications which read the +/etc/passwd +file may decide not to permit +\fIany\fR +access at all if the +\fIpassword\fR +field is blank\&. +.PP +A +\fIpassword\fR +field which starts with an exclamation mark means that the password is locked\&. The remaining characters on the line represent the \fIpassword\fR -field is any other string, then it will be treated as an encrypted password, as specified by -\fBcrypt\fR(3)\&. +field before the password was locked\&. +.PP +Refer to +\fBcrypt\fR(3) +for details on how this string is interpreted\&. +.PP +If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of +\fBcrypt\fR(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means)\&. .PP The comment field is used by various system utilities, such as \fBfinger\fR(1)\&. diff --git a/man/man5/porttime.5 b/man/man5/porttime.5 index f2290b0c..21af03fc 100644 --- a/man/man5/porttime.5 +++ b/man/man5/porttime.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: porttime .\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "PORTTIME" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "PORTTIME" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/shadow.5 b/man/man5/shadow.5 index c136469a..9544ce6e 100644 --- a/man/man5/shadow.5 +++ b/man/man5/shadow.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: shadow .\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "SHADOW" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "SHADOW" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -45,18 +45,18 @@ It must be a valid account name, which exist on the system\&. .PP \fBencrypted password\fR .RS 4 +This field may be empty, in which case no passwords are required to authenticate as the specified login name\&. However, some applications which read the +/etc/shadow +file may decide not to permit any access at all if the password field is empty\&. +.sp +A password field which starts with an exclamation mark means that the password is locked\&. The remaining characters on the line represent the password field before the password was locked\&. +.sp Refer to \fBcrypt\fR(3) for details on how this string is interpreted\&. .sp If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of \fBcrypt\fR(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means)\&. -.sp -This field may be empty, in which case no passwords are required to authenticate as the specified login name\&. However, some applications which read the -/etc/shadow -file may decide not to permit any access at all if the password field is empty\&. -.sp -A password field which starts with an exclamation mark means that the password is locked\&. The remaining characters on the line represent the password field before the password was locked\&. .RE .PP \fBdate of last password change\fR diff --git a/man/man5/suauth.5 b/man/man5/suauth.5 index cc57db9e..9baffdd0 100644 --- a/man/man5/suauth.5 +++ b/man/man5/suauth.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: suauth .\" Author: Marek Michałkiewicz .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "SUAUTH" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "SUAUTH" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/subgid.5 b/man/man5/subgid.5 index b0ce8b28..ebb51a48 100644 --- a/man/man5/subgid.5 +++ b/man/man5/subgid.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: subgid .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "SUBGID" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "SUBGID" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/man/man5/subuid.5 b/man/man5/subuid.5 index 70d25ecb..7ff59ec9 100644 --- a/man/man5/subuid.5 +++ b/man/man5/subuid.5 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: subuid .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/13/2019 +.\" Date: 12/01/2019 .\" Manual: File Formats and Conversions -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.7 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "SUBUID" "5" "06/13/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.7" "File Formats and Conversions" +.TH "SUBUID" "5" "12/01/2019" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8" "File Formats and Conversions" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- |