Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:31:28 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org>, billf@FreeBSD.ORG, irys@irc.pl, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/35816: no one can change password, because "passwd DB is locked" Message-ID: <20020313123128.GA99103@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20020313035240.S29705@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20020313025449.R29705@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020313112322.C0F1B3E31@bazooka.trit.org> <20020313035240.S29705@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:52:40AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > 4) chpass re-reads and locks the master.passwd (note that user > interaction has finished). > > 5) chpass checks that the changes are sane (that the user still > exists, that fields that the user cannot change are not reverted, > etc.). At this stage it may be best to bail if any of that user's fields have changed - that way you're least likely to get unexpected interactions. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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