cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 passwd.5

[Gavin Atkinson]

On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 23:31 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2005-09-18 20:16, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson at ury.york.ac.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > > Modified files:
> > >   share/man/man5       passwd.5
> > > Log:
> > > Explain the use of `*' in master.passwd and that it's slightly
> > > different from the use of `*' in /etc/passwd.
> >
> > +.Nm master.passwd
> > +file, a password of
> > +.Ql *
> > +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account.
> > +The field only contains encrypted passwords, and
> > +.Ql *
> > +can never be the result of encrypting a password.
> >
> > This is not strictly true - all it prevents is logins using passwords.
> > Passwordless logins using SSH public keys (for example) are unaffected.
> >
> > Perhaps the attached patch chould be committed?
> 
> Yeah, I've been talking with simon@ about this.  I was preparing to
> commit something similar, see below:
> 
> % Index: passwd.5
> % ===================================================================
> % RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5,v
> % retrieving revision 1.45
> % diff -u -r1.45 passwd.5
> % --- passwd.5     18 Sep 2005 15:40:02 -0000      1.45
> % +++ passwd.5     18 Sep 2005 20:30:21 -0000
> % @@ -110,7 +110,11 @@
> %  .Nm master.passwd
> %  file, a password of
> %  .Ql *
> % -is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account.
> % +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account
> % +using password authentication (logins through other forms of
> % +authentication, i.e.\& using
> % +.Xr ssh 1
> % +keys, will still work).
> %  The field only contains encrypted passwords, and
> %  .Ql *
> %  can never be the result of encrypting a password.

I think that would be perfect.

Gavin