conserver.passwd(5)

NAME

   conserver.passwd - user access information for conserver(8)

SYNOPSIS

   username:password

DESCRIPTION

   The  conserver.passwd file is the user authentication and authorization
   file for conserver(8).  Upon each incoming client connection, conserver
   opens  and  reads  the conserver.passwd file, so edits to the file take
   effect immediately.  It reads only until the first username match.

   Blank lines and  comment  lines  (those  beginning  with  a  ``#''  and
   optional  leading whitespace) are ignored.  Non-ignored lines beginning
   with whitespace are considered  continuations  of  the  previous  line.
   This  allows  you to span one logical line over many physical lines and
   insert comments wherever appropriate.

   Each logical line consists of two colon-separated fields.  Leading  and
   trailing white space in each field is ignored.

   username
          the  login  name of the authorized user, or the string ``*any*''
          to match any user.  This is compared against the  name  sent  by
          the  console  client,  based either on the user's identity or on
          the -l option.  Since conserver only  uses  the  first  username
          match, a ``*any*'' entry will apply to any user without an entry
          earlier in the file.

   password
          the encrypted password, or the string ``*passwd*''  to  indicate
          that  conserver should look up the user's password in the system
          passwd (or shadow) database.  If PAM support  has  been  enabled
          (--with-pam),  PAM  lookups  will  be done instead of passwd (or
          shadow) lookups (you may need to edit  /etc/pam.conf  or  create
          /etc/pam.d/conserver).    If   this  field  is  empty,  password
          checking is bypassed for this user.

EXAMPLE

   mary:r71mXjfALB5Ak      Mary uses the password specified above; it does
                           not  matter  whether  she  has  a  login on the
                           conserver host.

   fred:*passwd*           Fred may connect only with  his  regular  login
                           password on the conserver host.

   bozo:*                  Bozo is only allowed to access a console if his
                           password isn't used (since it's invalid)  which
                           means he needs to come from a trusted host.

   *any*:*passwd*          Anyone  not  listed  above  uses  their regular
                           login and password.

SEE ALSO

   console(1), conserver.cf(5), conserver(8)

BUGS

   There is currently no way provided by the conserver package to generate
   the  encrypted  password  strings  besides copying them from the system
   passwd database or running  crypt(3)  via  C  or  perl  or  some  other
   language that supports it.

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