Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 15:24:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Peter Philipp <philipp@globalserve.net> Cc: Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finger and getpwent Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710152135.2887E-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710182528.11754G-100000@geeklab.globalserve.net>
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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Peter Philipp wrote: > Tom I think you should look deeper into the getpw* functions when you say > /etc/passwd isn't used for anything and /etc/master.passwd is. I'm It isn't. What are you saying? > dissapointed you did not mention /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db which are > the databases accessed by getpw*(). As far as /etc/*passwd is concerned I did mention /etc/pwd.db. Its partner /etc/spwd.db is assumed. > those are great for building the databases and administrative duties but > other than that don't really serve a point. > > Yes /etc/master.passwd is used for pwd_mkdb to build the databases so it > serves a purpose other than that I can't think of any. More. It is also used by chpass, pw, etc. > As for Paolo, commenting out users is a nono, if you want to lock an > account make sure the first character of the pw_passwd field is a *. This > is usually the easiest method. I think it is considered a new feature. It does not seem to be complete in -stable. Anything that increases the password field by one character will be affective. > Peter Philipp (PP2441) > Globalserve System Administration > "How I wish you were here..." - Pink Floyd Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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