"LJ" == Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
LJ I'm considering making some enhancements to the CVSROOT/passwd file
LJ format and I'd like people's opinions:
LJ First, I'd like to interpret "*" in the password field as "the system
LJ password for this user". That would allow people who are
Yummy! :-) Please go ahead as described!
/Palle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes:
I'm considering making some enhancements to the CVSROOT/passwd file
format and I'd like people's opinions:
"Larry" == Larry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm considering making some enhancements to the CVSROOT/passwd
file format and I'd like people's opinions:
First, I'd like to interpret "*" in the password field as "the
system password for this user". That would allow
Title: RE: CVSROOT/passwd enhancements
Aside from any technical issues, doesn't a * in the password field of the password file typically indicate a locked account? I realize that the CVSROOT/passwd is a different file and format but it obviously has roots to /etc/passwd. There might something
When I first studied Unix a few years ago, I read that one should use an
asterisk to denote an impossible (i.e. unusable) password because
asterisks are not in the set of ciphertext characters used by the Unix
password encryption scheme.
On our Red Hat Linux and Solaris systems, "x" is used in
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 03:54:11PM -0400, Avi Green wrote:
When I first studied Unix a few years ago, I read that one should use an
asterisk to denote an impossible (i.e. unusable) password because
asterisks are not in the set of ciphertext characters used by the Unix
password encryption
I'm considering making some enhancements to the CVSROOT/passwd file
format and I'd like people's opinions:
First, I'd like to interpret "*" in the password field as "the system
password for this user". That would allow people who are not concerned
with network security to use system passwords
On Wednesday, May 24, 2000 7:40 AM, Larry Jones [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
wrote:
I'm considering making some enhancements to the CVSROOT/passwd file
format and I'd like people's opinions:
First, I'd like to interpret "*" in the password field as "the system
password for this user". That
Does anyone know how hard it would be to implement a PAM interface? That
should leave things pretty extensible...
Derek
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