Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:38:36 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chpass(1) patch for changing only crypted passwords Message-ID: <86lko7q86b.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20060925214730.R752@woozle.rinet.ru> (Dmitry Morozovsky's message of "Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:50:16 %2B0400 (MSD)") References: <20060925114102.F79983@woozle.rinet.ru> <868xk8tjfy.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20060925214730.R752@woozle.rinet.ru>
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Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> writes: > BTW, a question inspired by ru@: why pw_equal() skips password > field? Its interface is unpublished, and the only consumers are > > marck@woozle:/lh/src.current> grep -Rl pw_equal . > ./lib/libutil/libutil.h > ./lib/libutil/pw_util.c > ./release/picobsd/tinyware/passwd/pw_copy.c > ./usr.bin/chpass/chpass.c > > and tyniware is false alarm ;) IIRC, pw_equal() was originally intended for locating the entry to replace when changing the password... DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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