Bug#312430: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#312430: 'man shadow' typos: "encryped" and "supercedes"

[Christian Perrier]

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Quoting Tomasz K=C5=82oczko (kloczek@zie.pg.gda.pl):
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, A Costa wrote:
>=20
> > Package: passwd
> > Version: 1:4.0.3-35
> > Severity: minor
> > Tags: patch
> >=20
> >=20
> > Found a few typos in '/usr/share/man/man5/shadow.5.gz', see attached =
'.diff'.
> >=20
> > Hope this helps...
>=20
> Patch commited to upstreem CVS source tree.


In addition to this, the attached patch adds some valuable information
about the meaning of "!" or "*" in the shadow file contents. I have
isolated it from the various changes made to man pages in the Debian
package.

It applies to your CVS.



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--- shadow.5.old	2005-06-08 22:34:43.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow.5	2005-06-08 22:37:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 example if it starts with "$1$" it means the MD5\-based algorithm was used.
 .PP
 Refer to \fBcrypt\fR(3) for details on how this string is interpreted.
+If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result
+of \fBcrypt\fR(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use
+a unix password to log in, subject to \fBpam\fR(7).
 .PP
 The date of the last password change is given as the number of days since
 Jan 1, 1970. The password may not be changed again until the proper number

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