[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libpwd.tex,1.15,1.16

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv4552

Modified Files:
	libpwd.tex 
Log Message:
Improve (?) description of system dependence of access to the pw_passwd
field on systems that support shadow passwords.


Index: libpwd.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- libpwd.tex	23 Jan 2005 09:27:23 -0000	1.15
+++ libpwd.tex	2 Mar 2005 04:29:23 -0000	1.16
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
 contains a password encrypted with a DES derived algorithm (see module
 \refmodule{crypt}\refbimodindex{crypt}).  However most modern unices 
 use a so-called \emph{shadow password} system.  On those unices the
-field \code{pw_passwd} only contains a asterisk (\code{'*'}) or the 
+\var{pw_passwd} field only contains an asterisk (\code{'*'}) or the 
 letter \character{x} where the encrypted password is stored in a file
-\file{/etc/shadow} which is not world readable.}
+\file{/etc/shadow} which is not world readable.  Whether the \var{pw_passwd}
+field contains anything useful is system-dependent.  If available, the
+\module{spwd} module should be used where access to the encrypted password
+is required.}
 
 It defines the following items: