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diff --git a/man/login.1.xml b/man/login.1.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1bca536 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/login.1.xml @@ -0,0 +1,429 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + Copyright (c) 1989 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh + Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009, Nicolas François + All rights reserved. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions + are met: + 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. + 3. The name of the copyright holders or contributors may not be used to + endorse or promote products derived from this software without + specific prior written permission. + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS + ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT + LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A + PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT + HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, + SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT + LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, + DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY + THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT + (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE + OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY CONSOLE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/CONSOLE.xml"> +<!ENTITY CONSOLE_GROUPS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/CONSOLE_GROUPS.xml"> +<!ENTITY DEFAULT_HOME SYSTEM "login.defs.d/DEFAULT_HOME.xml"> +<!ENTITY ENV_HZ SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENV_HZ.xml"> +<!ENTITY ENV_PATH SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENV_PATH.xml"> +<!ENTITY ENV_SUPATH SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENV_SUPATH.xml"> +<!ENTITY ENV_TZ SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENV_TZ.xml"> +<!ENTITY ENVIRON_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENVIRON_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY ERASECHAR SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ERASECHAR.xml"> +<!ENTITY FAIL_DELAY SYSTEM "login.defs.d/FAIL_DELAY.xml"> +<!ENTITY FAILLOG_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/FAILLOG_ENAB.xml"> +<!ENTITY FAKE_SHELL SYSTEM "login.defs.d/FAKE_SHELL.xml"> +<!ENTITY FTMP_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/FTMP_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY HUSHLOGIN_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/HUSHLOGIN_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY ISSUE_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ISSUE_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY KILLCHAR SYSTEM "login.defs.d/KILLCHAR.xml"> +<!ENTITY LASTLOG_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LASTLOG_ENAB.xml"> +<!ENTITY LOGIN_RETRIES SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml"> +<!ENTITY LOGIN_STRING SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LOGIN_STRING.xml"> +<!ENTITY LOGIN_TIMEOUT SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LOGIN_TIMEOUT.xml"> +<!ENTITY LOG_OK_LOGINS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LOG_OK_LOGINS.xml"> +<!ENTITY LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB.xml"> +<!ENTITY MAIL_CHECK_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAIL_CHECK_ENAB.xml"> +<!ENTITY MAIL_DIR SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml"> +<!ENTITY MOTD_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MOTD_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY NOLOGINS_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/NOLOGINS_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB.xml"> +<!ENTITY QUOTAS_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/QUOTAS_ENAB.xml"> +<!ENTITY TTYGROUP SYSTEM "login.defs.d/TTYGROUP.xml"> +<!ENTITY TTYTYPE_FILE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/TTYTYPE_FILE.xml"> +<!ENTITY ULIMIT SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ULIMIT.xml"> +<!ENTITY UMASK SYSTEM "login.defs.d/UMASK.xml"> +<!ENTITY USERGROUPS_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml"> +<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE --> +]> +<refentry id='login.1'> + <!-- $Id$ --> + <refentryinfo> + <author> + <firstname>Julianne Frances</firstname> + <surname>Haugh</surname> + <contrib>Creation, 1989</contrib> + </author> + <author> + <firstname>Thomas</firstname> + <surname>Kłoczko</surname> + <email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email> + <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib> + </author> + <author> + <firstname>Nicolas</firstname> + <surname>François</surname> + <email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email> + <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib> + </author> + </refentryinfo> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>login</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">User Commands</refmiscinfo> + <refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo> + <refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo> + </refmeta> + <refnamediv id='name'> + <refname>login</refname> + <refpurpose>begin session on the system</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + <!-- body begins here --> + <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>login</command> + <arg choice='opt'>-p</arg> + <arg choice='opt'>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice='opt'> + <replaceable>username</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'> <replaceable>ENV=VAR</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>login</command> + <arg choice='opt'>-p</arg> + <arg choice='opt'>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice='plain'>-f</arg> + <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>username</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>login</command> + <arg choice='opt'>-p</arg> + <arg choice='plain'>-r <replaceable>host</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1 id='description'> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + <para> + The <command>login</command> program is used to establish a new session + with the system. It is normally invoked automatically by responding to + the <emphasis remap='I'>login:</emphasis> prompt on the user's + terminal. <command>login</command> may be special to the shell and may + not be invoked as a sub-process. When called from a shell, + <command>login</command> should be executed as + <emphasis remap='B'>exec login</emphasis> which will cause the user + to exit from the current shell (and thus will prevent the new logged + in user to return to the session of the caller). Attempting to + execute <command>login</command> from any shell but the login shell + will produce an error message. + </para> + + <para> + The user is then prompted for a password, where appropriate. Echoing + is disabled to prevent revealing the password. Only a small number of + password failures are permitted before <command>login</command> exits + and the communications link is severed. + </para> + + <para> + If password aging has been enabled for your account, you may be + prompted for a new password before proceeding. You will be forced to + provide your old password and the new password before continuing. + Please refer to <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> for more information. + </para> + + <para condition="no_pam"> + After a successful login, you will be informed of any system messages + and the presence of mail. You may turn off the printing of the system + message file, <filename>/etc/motd</filename>, by creating a + zero-length file <filename>.hushlogin</filename> in your login directory. + The mail message will be one of "<emphasis>You have new + mail.</emphasis>", "<emphasis>You have mail.</emphasis>", or + "<emphasis>No Mail.</emphasis>" according to the condition of your + mailbox. + </para> + + <para> + Your user and group ID will be set according to their values in the + <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file. The value for + <envar>$HOME</envar>, <envar>$SHELL</envar>, <envar>$PATH</envar>, + <envar>$LOGNAME</envar>, and <envar>$MAIL</envar> are set according + to the appropriate fields in the password entry. Ulimit, umask and nice + values may also be set according to entries in the GECOS field. + </para> + + <para> + On some installations, the environmental variable + <envar>$TERM</envar> will be initialized to the terminal type on + your tty line, as specified in <filename>/etc/ttytype</filename>. + </para> + + <para> + An initialization script for your command interpreter may also be + executed. Please see the appropriate manual section for more + information on this function. + </para> + + <para> + A subsystem login is indicated by the presence of a "*" as the first + character of the login shell. The given home directory will be used as + the root of a new file system which the user is actually logged into. + </para> + + <para> + The <command>login</command> program is NOT responsible for removing + users from the utmp file. It is the responsibility of + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>getty</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>init</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to clean up apparent ownership + of a terminal session. If you use <command>login</command> from the + shell prompt without <command>exec</command>, the user you use will + continue to appear to be logged in even after you log out of the + "subsession". + </para> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='options'> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + <variablelist remap='IP'> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>-f</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Do not perform authentication, user is preauthenticated. + </para> + <para> + Note: In that case, <replaceable>username</replaceable> is + mandatory. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>-h</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para>Name of the remote host for this login.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>-p</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para>Preserve environment.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>-r</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para>Perform autologin protocol for rlogin.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + <para> + The <option>-r</option>, <option>-h</option> and <option>-f</option> + options are only used when <command>login</command> is invoked by + root. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='caveats'> + <title>CAVEATS</title> + <para> + This version of <command>login</command> has many compilation options, + only some of which may be in use at any particular site. + </para> + + <para>The location of files is subject to differences in system + configuration. + </para> + + <para> + The <command>login</command> program is NOT responsible for removing + users from the utmp file. It is the responsibility of <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>getty</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> and <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>init</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> to clean up apparent ownership of a terminal session. + If you use <command>login</command> from the shell prompt without + <command>exec</command>, the user you use will continue to appear to + be logged in even after you log out of the "subsession". + </para> + + <para> + As with any program, <command>login</command>'s appearance can be faked. + If non-trusted users have physical access to a machine, an + attacker could use this to obtain the password of the next person + coming to sit in front of the machine. Under Linux, the SAK mechanism can be + used by users to initiate a trusted path and prevent this kind of + attack. + </para> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='configuration'> + <title>CONFIGURATION</title> + <para> + The following configuration variables in + <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of this + tool: + </para> + <variablelist> + &CONSOLE; + &CONSOLE_GROUPS; + &DEFAULT_HOME; + <phrase condition="no_pam">&ENV_HZ;</phrase> + <phrase>&ENV_PATH;</phrase> + <phrase>&ENV_SUPATH;</phrase> + &ENV_TZ; + &ENVIRON_FILE; + &ERASECHAR; + &FAIL_DELAY; + &FAILLOG_ENAB; + &FAKE_SHELL; + &FTMP_FILE; + &HUSHLOGIN_FILE; + &ISSUE_FILE; + &KILLCHAR; + &LASTLOG_ENAB; + &LOGIN_RETRIES; + &LOGIN_STRING; + &LOGIN_TIMEOUT; + &LOG_OK_LOGINS; + &LOG_UNKFAIL_ENAB; + &MAIL_CHECK_ENAB; + <phrase condition="no_pam">&MAIL_DIR;</phrase> + &MOTD_FILE; + &NOLOGINS_FILE; + &PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB; + "AS_ENAB; + &TTYGROUP; <!-- documents also TTYPERM --> + &TTYTYPE_FILE; + &ULIMIT; + <phrase condition="no_pam">&UMASK;</phrase> + &USERGROUPS_ENAB; + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='files'> + <title>FILES</title> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/var/run/utmp</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>List of current login sessions.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>List of previous login sessions.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>User account information.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Secure user account information.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/motd</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>System message of the day file.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/nologin</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Prevent non-root users from logging in.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/ttytype</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>List of terminal types.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>$HOME/.hushlogin</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Suppress printing of system messages.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/login.defs</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Shadow password suite configuration.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='see_also'> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <para> + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>mail</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>nologin</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>securetty</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>getty</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>. + </para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |