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Remove references to local_pass and nis_pass. Add description of

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passwd_db option of the password management module.
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thorpej 2005-02-26 15:33:24 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: pam_unix.8,v 1.4 2005/02/26 15:16:27 thorpej Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pam_unix.8,v 1.5 2005/02/26 15:33:24 thorpej Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Mark R V Murray
.\" All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
@ -121,17 +121,21 @@ for the entity being authenticated,
then this option
will forgo password prompting,
and silently allow authentication to succeed.
.It Cm local_pass
Use only the local password database,
even if NIS is in use.
This will cause an authentication failure
if the system is configured
to only use NIS.
.It Cm nis_pass
Use only the NIS password database.
This will cause an authentication failure
if the system is not configured
to use NIS.
.\" XXX This is not currently implemented. It's debatable whether or not
.\" XXX it should be.
.\" .It Cm passwd_db Ns = Ns Ar name
.\" Use only the specified password database.
.\" Valid password database names are:
.\" .Bl -tag -width files
.\" .It files
.\" local password file
.\" .It nis
.\" NIS password database
.\" .El
.\" .Pp
.\" If the user does not exist in the specified password database or if the
.\" system is not configured to use the specified password database, an
.\" authentication failure will occur.
.El
.Ss Ux Ss Account Management Module
The
@ -173,14 +177,15 @@ suppress warning messages to the user.
These messages include
reasons why the user's
authentication attempt was declined.
.It Cm local_pass
forces the password module
to change a local password
in favour of a NIS one.
.It Cm nis_pass
forces the password module
to change a NIS password
in favour of a local one.
.It Cm passwd_db Ns = Ns Ar name
Change the user's password only the specified password database.
Valid password database names are:
.Bl -tag -width files
.It files
local password file
.It nis
NIS password database
.El
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/master.passwd" -compact