From: nekral-guest Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:12:14 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * man/newusers.8.xml: Added /etc/gshadow, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, X-Git-Tag: 4.1.0~49 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a34110320fbca4e9e7fcc487810ca181d9d36d2e;p=shadow * man/newusers.8.xml: Added /etc/gshadow, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, and /etc/passwd to section FILES. * man/newusers.8.xml: Mentions that PAM is not used to set the passwords. * man/chpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/login.defs). * man/chpasswd.8.xml: Use the same paragraph as in newusers.8.xml to indicate that PAM is not used. * man/chgpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/group, /etc/gshadow, /etc/login.defs). --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 1e0495c2..2f33ce78 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +2007-11-21 Nicolas François + + * man/newusers.8.xml: Added /etc/gshadow, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, + and /etc/passwd to section FILES. + * man/newusers.8.xml: Mentions that PAM is not used to set the + passwords. + * man/chpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/passwd, + /etc/shadow, /etc/login.defs). + * man/chpasswd.8.xml: Use the same paragraph as in newusers.8.xml + to indicate that PAM is not used. + * man/chgpasswd.8.xml: Added section FILES (/etc/group, + /etc/gshadow, /etc/login.defs). + 2007-11-21 Nicolas François * src/newusers.c: Try harder to get the GID equal to the UID. diff --git a/man/chgpasswd.8.xml b/man/chgpasswd.8.xml index 4ac3f6ef..2f5a90a5 100644 --- a/man/chgpasswd.8.xml +++ b/man/chgpasswd.8.xml @@ -121,6 +121,30 @@ + + FILES + + + /etc/group + + Group account information. + + + + /etc/gshadow + + Secure group account information. + + + + /etc/login.defs + + Shadow password suite configuration. + + + + + SEE ALSO diff --git a/man/chpasswd.8.xml b/man/chpasswd.8.xml index cd191c75..8a3e8afd 100644 --- a/man/chpasswd.8.xml +++ b/man/chpasswd.8.xml @@ -121,14 +121,37 @@ unencrypted files by other users. - chpasswd does not use PAM to update the passwords. - Thus, It only updates the passwords from the - /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow - databases, and does not support the various checks provided by PAM - modules. + PAM is not used to update the passwords. + Thus, only /etc/passwd and + /etc/shadow are updated, and the various checks + or options provided by PAM modules are not used. + + FILES + + + /etc/passwd + + User account information. + + + + /etc/shadow + + Secure user account information. + + + + /etc/login.defs + + Shadow password suite configuration. + + + + + SEE ALSO diff --git a/man/newusers.8.xml b/man/newusers.8.xml index a23b44d8..ca813cda 100644 --- a/man/newusers.8.xml +++ b/man/newusers.8.xml @@ -84,11 +84,41 @@ The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted passwords. + + PAM is not used to update the passwords. + Thus, only /etc/passwd and + /etc/shadow are updated, and the various checks + or options provided by PAM modules are not used. + FILES + + /etc/passwd + + User account information. + + + + /etc/shadow + + Secure user account information. + + + + /etc/group + + Group account information. + + + + /etc/gshadow + + Secure group account information. + + /etc/login.defs