Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 20:48:11 -0400 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: steve@cioeserv.cioe.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: chfn configurable? Message-ID: <9504270048.AA15835@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199504262231.RAA01141@cioeserv.cioe.com> (steve@cioeserv.cioe.com)
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>>>>> "Steve" == steve <steve@cioeserv.cioe.com> writes:
Steve> Right now a user seems to be limited to shell, location,
Steve> home phone and work phone. I'd like to also allow changing
Steve> of some other fields.
Like what? User id? I'd change mine to the value of some other user
and read his/her files---or to zero and be root. Group id? Same
problem. Password expiration? Might be nice, but not recommended.
If security really isn't a problem, you could hack the chfn source or
write your own extended passwd entry editor.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
Twitch a lot.
-- One of 120 ways to annoy your roommate.
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