Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:48:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Kehlet <kehlet@techfuel.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/18080: [PATCH] pw documentation updated to reflect lock and unlock Message-ID: <200004182248.PAA98399@basilisk.techfuel.com>
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>Number: 18080 >Category: bin >Synopsis: [PATCH] pw documentation updated to reflect lock and unlock >Confidential: yes >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 18 15:50:02 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steven Kehlet <kehlet@techfuel.com> >Release: >Organization: >Environment: -current >Description: Here's a patch to update pw's man page to document the lock and unlock commands. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: pw.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -c -r1.19 pw.8 *** pw.8 2000/03/02 14:53:37 1.19 --- pw.8 2000/04/18 22:41:22 *************** *** 120,125 **** --- 120,139 ---- .Op Fl q .Nm pw .Op Fl V Ar etcdir + .Ar lock + .Op name|uid + .Op Fl n Ar name + .Op Fl u Ar uid + .Op Fl Y + .Nm pw + .Op Fl V Ar etcdir + .Ar unlock + .Op name|uid + .Op Fl n Ar name + .Op Fl u Ar uid + .Op Fl Y + .Nm pw + .Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar groupadd .Op group|gid .Op Fl C Ar config *************** *** 684,689 **** --- 698,716 ---- This is normally of interest only to interactive scripts or front-ends that use .Nm pw . + .Pp + The command + .Ar lock + locks a user's account by + prepending the string + .Nm "*LOCKED*" + to his or her encrypted password field. Since no password can ever + encrypt to a value with a + .Nm *, + the user is effectively locked out. The command + .Ar unlock + reverses the action performed by + .Ar lock. .Pp .Sh GROUP OPTIONS The >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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