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Diffstat (limited to 'package/busybox/config/loginutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in index a0f1ca95ee..fa9f65e1cd 100644 --- a/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in +++ b/package/busybox/config/loginutils/Config.in @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS bool "Support for shadow passwords" default n help - Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only + Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer publicly readable. @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP default n help If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password - and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in - order for the password and group functions to work. This generally + order for the password and group functions to work. This generally makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS - works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use - PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you + works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use + PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the /lib/libnss_* libraries. @@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS help If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow - password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in - order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally + order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the - system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This + system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about - how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be + how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_CRYPT standard C library functions. If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's - crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) + crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) static buffers there, and also combine them with more general DES encryption/decryption. @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP Utility for deleting a group account. config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP - bool "Support for removing users from groups." + bool "Support for removing users from groups" default n depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP help @@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PASSWD select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG help - passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user + passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user - may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group + may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group may change the password for the group. Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to |