CALIFE.AUTH(5) | File Formats Manual | CALIFE.AUTH(5) |
NAME¶
calife.auth
—
format of the calife authorization file
DESCRIPTION¶
The calife.auth
files are files consisting
of newline separated records, one per user, containing three colon (``:'')
separated fields. These fields are as follows:
- name
- User's login name / @group.
- shell
- User's shell
- user1,user2,...,usern
- List of logins allowed for the user name
The name field is the login used to access the computer account.
The login name must never begin with a hyphen (``-''); also, it is strongly suggested that neither upper-case characters or dots (``.'') be part of the name, as this tends to confuse mailers. No field may contain a colon (``:'') as this has been used historically to separate the fields in the user database.
One alternative syntax is to use @group to
specify that any user in the given group is allowed to
use calife
to become root.
The shell field is the command interpreter the user prefers. If there is nothing in the shell field, the user's current shell as found in the (/etc/passwd) file is assumed.
If the shell field is '*', then the account is considered as locked and access is denied.
If the third parameter is specified, it is assumed to be the list
of login the current user has the right to become. It enables use of
calife
for non-root only accounts.
calife.auth
is placed in
/etc.
EXAMPLE¶
# calife.auth-dist # # Format # # name[:shell_to_be_run][:user1,user2,usern] # fcb roberto:/bin/tcsh pb::guest,blaireau
SEE ALSO¶
HISTORY¶
A calife.auth
file format appeared in
DG/UX and SunOS, written for Antenne 2 in 1991. It has evolved with the
extra shell specification. The login list was reintroduced in 2.7.
AUTHOR¶
Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net>
September 25, 1994 | Debian |