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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex b/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex index 784f478..ae2551b 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libpwd.tex @@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ following items from the password database (see \code{<pwd.h>}), in order: The uid and gid items are integers, all others are strings. \exception{KeyError} is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found. -\strong{Note:} In traditional \UNIX{} the field \code{pw_passwd} usually +\note{In traditional \UNIX{} the field \code{pw_passwd} usually 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 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.} It defines the following items: |