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diff --git a/man/pam-dotfile-gen.1.xml.in b/man/pam-dotfile-gen.1.xml.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff2a986 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/pam-dotfile-gen.1.xml.in @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?> +<!-- <!DOCTYPE spec SYSTEM "man.dtd"> --> + +<!-- + This file is part of pam_dotfile. + + pam_dotfile is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + pam_dotfile is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with pam_dotfile; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 + USA +--> + <manpage name="pam-dotfile-gen" section="1" desc="change password for libpam-dotfile"> + + <synopsis> + <cmd>pam-dotfile-gen >> ~/.pam-<arg>service</arg></cmd> + <cmd>pam-dotfile-gen -a <arg>service</arg></cmd> + </synopsis> + + <description> + + <p>pam-dotfile-gen is a utility to create a password for a + particular service, if your system administrator has set up + authenication for that service with libpam-dotfile.</p> + + <p>To create or change your password, just enter pam-dotfile-gen + -a <service> and you will be prompted for the + password. The password will be written to ~/.pam-<service> + in a hashed format. To add another password to the same service + repeat the command.</p> + + <p>If called without any argument the tool will act as + filter. Unencrypted passwords are read from STDIN, are crypted + and written to STDOUT. The passwords are separated by + newlines. Empty lines and lines beginning with # are ignored and + written in an untouched way to STDOUT.</p> + + <p>The file format of the ~/.pam is rather simple. Every + non-empty line which does not begin with # is compared with the + hashed password to be checked. This allows you to specify free + form comments for each password with a simple text editor.</p> + </description> + + <options> + + <option> + <p><opt>-a <arg>service</arg></opt></p> + <optdesc><p> + Instead of acting as a filter read a single password from the user and add it to the .pam-file for the specified service. + </p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-C</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p> Enable compatibility with pam_dotfile older than + 0.6. Passwords hashed with this enabled are created in a form + compatible with older release. You shouldn't use this. + </p></optdesc> + + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-h</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p>Show a terse usage summary.</p></optdesc></option> + </options> + + <section name="Author"> + <p>pam-dotfile was written by Lennart Poettering + <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>. pam-dotfile is available + at <url href="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/pam_dotfile/"/> </p> + </section> + + <section name="Comments"> + <p>This man page was written using <manref name="xmltoman" section="1" + href="http://masqmail.cx/xml2man/"/> by Oliver Kurth.</p> + </section> + + </manpage> |