[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libpwd.tex, 1.14,
1.14.22.1
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montanaro at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Mar 2 05:31:40 CET 2005
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv5307
Modified Files:
Tag: release24-maint
libpwd.tex
Log Message:
Backport the non-spwd part of the change on head.
Index: libpwd.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.14.22.1
diff -u -d -r1.14 -r1.14.22.1
--- libpwd.tex 1 Mar 2002 10:47:36 -0000 1.14
+++ libpwd.tex 2 Mar 2005 04:31:38 -0000 1.14.22.1
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
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.}
It defines the following items:
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