Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:43:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@above.proper.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/86234: Need to explain * in master.passwd in passwd.5 man page Message-ID: <200509162243.j8GMhOTX003054@above.proper.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200509162250.j8GMo2dM086814@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 86234 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Need to explain * in master.passwd in passwd.5 man page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 16 22:50:02 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Paul Hoffman >Release: FreeBSD 5.4 >Organization: >Environment: All >Description: The passwd.5 man page describes what * in the password field for the passwd file means, but not for master.passwd, which turns out to use * for a very different (and good) purpose. >How-To-Repeat: man 5 master.passwd >Fix: At the end of the paragraph that begins "The password field is the encrypted form...", add: In the master.passwd file, a password of "*" is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. The field only contains encrypted passwords, and "*" can never be the result of encrypting a password. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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