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From: weber_w@apollo.HP.COM (Walt Weber)
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Subject: Re: /etc/d_passwd
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Date: 21 Mar 91 15:49:00 GMT
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|> How do you use the /etc/d_users and /etc/d_passwd for added dialup
security.  
The d_passwd file is structured similar to the passwd file; the password is
determined by the login shell for the user. The first field is the shell path,
and the second field is the encrypted password. If there is no entry for the
shell the user is using, then the /bin/sh entry is used. Thus, a one-line
d_passwd file for all users is as follows:

/bin/sh:7g0iXJYS4SA1s:

Note that the trailing ":" is required. There is no supplied program which
will produce the encrypted password specifically for the file, but writing
one is pretty straightforward.

This can be found in login(1) under bsd.

|> Bill Gutknecht			bag@perpk.nt.com

...walt...

Walt Weber                           Hewlett Packard Response Center
508-256-6600x6772                    Chelmsford, MA, USA
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