Module Name: src Committed By: jmmv Date: Fri Dec 3 21:41:40 UTC 2010
Modified Files: src/share/man/man5: passwd.conf.5 Log Message: Document what the default values for localcipher and ypcipher are. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 src/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files: Index: src/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 diff -u src/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5:1.9 src/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5:1.10 --- src/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5:1.9 Sat Oct 3 12:45:15 2009 +++ src/share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5 Fri Dec 3 21:41:40 2010 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.9 2009/10/03 12:45:15 zafer Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.10 2010/12/03 21:41:40 jmmv Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <pro...@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> .\" All rights reserved. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 4, 2005 +.Dd December 3, 2010 .Dt PASSWD.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ .Bl -tag -width localcipher .It Sy localcipher The cipher to use for local passwords. +.Pp Possible values are: .Dq old , .Dq newsalt,\*[Lt]rounds\*[Gt] , @@ -75,9 +76,16 @@ .Dq blowfish the value can be between 4 and 31. It specifies the base 2 logarithm of the number of rounds. +.Pp +If not specified, the default value is +.Dq old . .It Sy ypcipher The cipher to use for YP passwords. +.Pp The possible values are the same as for localcipher. +.Pp +If not specified, the default value is +.Dq old . .El .Pp To retrieve information from this file use @@ -87,11 +95,11 @@ .It Pa /etc/passwd.conf .El .Sh EXAMPLES -Use MD5 as the local cipher and old-style DES as the YP cipher. +Use SHA1 as the local cipher and old-style DES as the YP cipher. Use blowfish with 2^5 rounds for root: .Bd -literal default: - localcipher = md5 + localcipher = sha1 ypcipher = old root: @@ -107,3 +115,12 @@ .Nm configuration file first appeared in .Nx 1.6 . +.Pp +The default value of +.Sy localcipher +was set to +.Dq sha1 +in +.Pa /etc/passwd.conf +starting from +.Nx 6.0 .