Add xrefs to crypt(3) and pw(8) and add a warning about not manually
altering passwd related files. PR: 74656 Submitted by: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> (original version)
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.\" From: @(#)passwd.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 16, 1999
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.Dd February 8, 2005
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.Dt PASSWD 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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as controlled by
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .
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.Pp
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For consistency, none of these files should ever be modified
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manually.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm master.passwd
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file is readable only by root, and consists of newline separated
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.Pp
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The password field is the
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.Em encrypted
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form of the password.
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form of the password, see
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.Xr crypt 3 .
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If the
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.Ar password
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field is empty, no password will be required to gain access to the
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.Xr chpass 1 ,
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr passwd 1 ,
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.Xr crypt 3 ,
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.Xr getpwent 3 ,
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.Xr login.conf 5 ,
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.Xr netgroup 5 ,
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.Xr adduser 8 ,
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.Xr pw 8 ,
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.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
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.Xr vipw 8 ,
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.Xr yp 8
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