version 1.17, 2001/06/26 20:22:52 |
version 1.18, 2001/07/06 17:16:35 |
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A mixture of both lower and uppercase letters, numbers, and |
A mixture of both lower and uppercase letters, numbers, and |
meta-characters is encouraged. |
meta-characters is encouraged. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The quality of the password can be enforced by providing an external |
The quality of the password can be enforced by specifying an external |
checking program in |
checking program via the |
.Xr passwd.conf 5 . |
.Dq passwordcheck |
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variable in |
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.Xr login.conf 5 . |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The options are as follows: |
The options are as follows: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
Which type of cipher is used to encrypt the password information |
Which type of cipher is used to encrypt the password information |
depends on the configuration in |
depends on the configuration in |
.Xr passwd.conf 5 . |
.Xr login.conf 5 . |
It can be different for local and YP passwords. |
It can be different for local |
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.Po Do localcipher Dc Pc |
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and YP |
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.Po Do ypcipher Dc Pc |
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passwords. |
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS |
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS |
.Bl -diag |
.Bl -diag |
.It "the passwd file is busy" |
.It "The passwd file is busy..." |
The password file is currently locked by another process, or a |
The password file is currently locked by another process, or a |
process previously holding the lock was prematurely terminated. |
process previously holding the lock was prematurely terminated. |
In the latter case, it is safe to remove the |
To determine whether another process is holding the lock, the |
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admin may run the following: |
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.Bd -literal -offset indent |
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fstat /etc/ptmp |
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.Ed |
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.Pp |
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If no process is listed, it is safe to remove the |
.Pa /etc/ptmp |
.Pa /etc/ptmp |
file to get rid of this error. |
file to get rid of this error. |
.Sh FILES |
.Sh FILES |
.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact |
.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact |
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.It /etc/login.conf |
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configuration options |
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd |
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd |
user database |
user database |
.It Pa /etc/passwd |
.It Pa /etc/passwd |
a Version 7 format password file |
a Version 7 format password file |
.It Pa /etc/passwd.XXXXXX |
.It Pa /etc/passwd.XXXXXX |
temporary copy of the password file |
temporary copy of the password file |
.It /etc/passwd.conf |
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configuration options |
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.It /etc/ptmp |
.It /etc/ptmp |
lock file for the passwd database |
lock file for the passwd database |
.El |
.El |
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.Xr kerberos 1 , |
.Xr kerberos 1 , |
.Xr kinit 1 , |
.Xr kinit 1 , |
.Xr login 1 , |
.Xr login 1 , |
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.Xr login.conf 5 , |
.Xr passwd 5 , |
.Xr passwd 5 , |
.Xr passwd.conf 5 , |
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.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , |
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , |
.Xr vipw 8 |
.Xr vipw 8 |
.Rs |
.Rs |