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authorHans Insulander <hin@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-06-23 23:32:21 +0000
committerHans Insulander <hin@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-06-23 23:32:21 +0000
commitebe83dbf325b33bb7682e357d17c6e64bb2c1dcf (patch)
tree1a2d44a8b008ddd2859bc972d4e735e48460ea3a /libexec/telnetd
parent9d0c6b88416c1313923afd25240c232ccebb2005 (diff)
Update to reflect reality.
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/telnetd')
-rw-r--r--libexec/telnetd/telnetd.827
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
index 1e14425ee1c..06476491e23 100644
--- a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
+++ b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ command accepts the following options:
.Bl -tag -width "-a authmode"
.It Fl a Ar authmode
This option may be used for specifying what mode should
-be used for authentication.
+be used for Kerberos authentication.
Note that this option is only useful if
.Nm telnetd
has been compiled with support for the
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ There are several valid values for
Turns on authentication debugging code.
.It user
Only allow connections when the remote user
-can provide valid authentication information
+can provide valid Kerberos authentication information
to identify the remote user,
and is allowed access to the specified account
without providing a password.
.It valid
Only allow connections when the remote user
-can provide valid authentication information
+can provide valid Kerberos authentication information
to identify the remote user.
The
.Xr login 1
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ and is thus the same as specifying
.Fl a
.Cm valid .
.It otp
-Only allow authenticated connections (as with
+Only allow Kerberos authenticated connections (as with
.Fl a
.Cm user )
and also logins with one-time passwords (OTPs). This option will call
@@ -130,17 +130,11 @@ login with an option so that only OTPs are accepted. The user can of
course still type secret information at the prompt.
.It none
This is the default state.
-Authentication information is not required.
+Kerberos authentication information is not required.
If no or insufficient authentication information
-is provided, then the
-.Xr login 1
-program will provide the necessary user
-verification.
+is provided, then traditional cleartext passwords will be used.
.It off
-This disables the authentication code.
-All user verification will happen through the
-.Xr login 1
-program.
+This disables the authentication code, and cleartext password will be used.
.El
.It Fl B
Ignored.
@@ -175,7 +169,6 @@ Has not been implemented yet.
.It Fl h
Disables the printing of host-specific information before
login has been completed.
-.It Fl k
.It Fl l
Ignored.
.It Fl n
@@ -361,7 +354,7 @@ session is shut down.
.It "WILL ENCRYPT"
Only sent if
.Nm telnetd
-is compiled with support for data encryption, and
+Kerberos is enabled, and
indicates a willingness to decrypt
the data stream.
.El
@@ -434,13 +427,13 @@ option can be used to disable this.
.It "DO AUTHENTICATION"
Only sent if
.Nm telnetd
-is compiled with support for authentication, and
+Kerberos authentication is enabled, and
indicates a willingness to receive authentication
information for automatic login.
.It "DO ENCRYPT"
Only sent if
.Nm telnetd
-is compiled with support for data encryption, and
+Kerberos is enabled, and
indicates a willingness to decrypt
the data stream.
.El