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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2001 10:10:32 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PAM, S/Key and authentication schemes. 
Message-ID:  <92415.991123832@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 May 2001 16:53:38 %2B1000." <20010529165338.I89950@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> 

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On Tue, 29 May 2001 16:53:38 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:

> Which means that somewhere there needs to be a note that if your
> console is marked 'insecure' then /etc/master.passwd must contain a
> root password that crypt(3) can understand (irrespective of how eg
> login(1) might authenticate a root login attempt).  Otherwise, someone
> is sure to get bitten.  The init(8) man page is one possibility, but
> I'm not sure it's the obvious place to look when you discover you're
> locked out of single-user mode.

I reckon /etc/ttys and the release notes ought to do it.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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