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authorNiels Provos <provos@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-04-10 20:05:11 +0000
committerNiels Provos <provos@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-04-10 20:05:11 +0000
commit7c3e6355d81da957652eb37576bac673327a4321 (patch)
tree40d5221f910eba23b18c71fbb6f836c5c5404943 /share/man
parent5468443bf964034e51ecfffb078104e28829ad0c (diff)
mention .group entries in /etc/passwd.conf
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/passwd.conf.520
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5
index b0357f3b72a..a72835f4326 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.2 1997/03/27 00:10:52 provos Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.3 1997/04/10 20:05:10 provos Exp $
.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ to encrypt local or YP passwords. The
.Nm passwd.conf
consists of stanzas.
.Pp
-There are default and user specific stanzas. If no user
+There are default, user and group specific stanzas. If no user
+or group
stanza to a specific option is available the default stanza
is used.
.Pp
+To differentiate between user and group stanzas, groups are prefixed
+with a single dot.
+.Pp
Some of the fields and their possible values that can appear in
this file are:
.Pp
@@ -60,19 +64,23 @@ To retrieve information from this file use
.Xr pw_getconf 3 .
.Pp
.Sh EXAMPLE
-To use blowfish as local cipher but for root some more rounds and
-the old unix crypt as YP cipher:
+To use blowfish as local cipher and some more rounds for root and wheel
+members. The old unix crypt is used as YP cipher:
.Pp
-default:
+ default:
.Pp
localcipher = blowfish,4
.Pp
ypcipher = old
.Pp
-root:
+ root:
.Pp
localcipher = blowfish,7
.Pp
+ .wheel:
+.Pp
+ localcipher = blowfish,5
+.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,