From owner-freebsd-security Wed Apr 15 14:36:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA20369 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:36:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA20350 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:36:21 GMT (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA03456; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:36:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:36:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199804152136.RAA03456@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: scott.balneaves@UWinnipeg.ca Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: pw_fields in struct passwd In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk < said: > anywhere is what the pw_field entry in the passwd structure is doing. In > looking through the source for chpass, it seems to be related to YP. > Does anyone have any tips as to how I'm to build this field up? It indicates which fields in the original password file were actually specified explicitly, rather than left blank; it is necessary in order to allow YP `+user' entries to work with the correct overriding behavior. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message