Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 16:17:11 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>, se@freebsd.org, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password verification (Was: cvs commit: ports/x11/kdebase - Imported sources) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971102161512.18230A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199711022355.VAA00864@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: ... > But, how to allow users check only their own password, and still > have the added security of shadow passwords ? I can only think > in a kind of password checking daemon that would accept commands > on a AF_UNIX socket and some patches to libc pw commands. You can always use the pwcheck daemon from the Cyrus module (see ports). It opens a unix socket at /var/pwcheck/pwcheck. Permissions on the /var/pwcheck directory can be used to determine who can check passwords. > Jonny > > -- > Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br > +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br > Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI > PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67 > > Tom
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