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| author | Niels Provos <provos@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-07-04 18:29:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Niels Provos <provos@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-07-04 18:29:18 +0000 |
| commit | f4f9c797da7efefc86eb88e1124087615804ad2d (patch) | |
| tree | 8a125a62edc85d74fbfb87fc3d435dc127899b0a | |
| parent | c8858a33a93977c7d777c5422773a3fa26004118 (diff) | |
document the variable number of rounds for 'newsalt'. That name should
probably be changed to something more fitting.
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 index 26525814bb6..757adc2145f 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.4 1997/12/02 10:57:36 provos Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.5 1998/07/04 18:29:17 provos Exp $ .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ this file are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width localcipher -offset indent .It localcipher -The cipher to use for local passwords. Possible values are: 'old', 'newsalt', 'md5' -or 'blowfish,<rounds>' where rounds is a value between 4 and 31. +The cipher to use for local passwords. Possible values are: 'old', 'newsalt,<rounds>', 'md5' or 'blowfish,<rounds>'. +For +.Nm newsalt +the value of rounds is a 32-bit integer with a minmum of 725 rounds. +For +.Nm blowfish +the value can be between 4 and 31. It specifies the base 2 logarithm of +the number of rounds. .It ypcipher The cipher to use for YP passwords. The possible values are the same as for localcipher. |