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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/login.conf.5 | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 index ddcfe4ec28d..76ff6ff6a28 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: login.conf.5,v 1.8 2001/06/19 16:21:48 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: login.conf.5,v 1.9 2001/06/24 17:20:22 millert Exp $ .\" BSDI $From: login.conf.5,v 2.20 2000/06/26 14:50:38 prb Exp $ .\" .Dd June 18, 2001 @@ -529,8 +529,13 @@ The name of the user to authenticate. The name may contain an instance, e.g. .Dq user.root , as used by Kerberos authentication. -If the authentication style being used does not support such instances, -the request will fail. +All authentication styles that support authentication by the root user +will support the +.Dq user.root +instance for compatibility with +.Xr su 1 . +However, if the authentication style being used does not support true +instances, requests for an instance other than root will fail. .El .Pp The program requesting authentication must specify a username and an |