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diff --git a/man/login.access.5.xml b/man/login.access.5.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c425cc --- /dev/null +++ b/man/login.access.5.xml @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1996 - 2000, Marek Michałkiewicz + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2001 - 2006, Tomasz Kłoczko + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2008, Nicolas François + SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +--> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE --> +]> +<refentry id='login.access.5'> + <!-- $Id$ --> + <refentryinfo> + <author> + <firstname>Marek</firstname> + <surname>Michałkiewicz</surname> + <contrib>Creation, 1996</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.access</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">File Formats and Configuration Files</refmiscinfo> + <refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo> + <refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo> + </refmeta> + <refnamediv id='name'> + <refname>login.access</refname> + <refpurpose>login access control table</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsect1 id='description'> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + <para> + The <emphasis remap='I'>login.access</emphasis> file specifies (user, + host) combinations and/or (user, tty) combinations for which a login + will be either accepted or refused. + </para> + + <para> + When someone logs in, the <emphasis remap='I'>login.access</emphasis> + is scanned for the first entry that matches the (user, host) + combination, or, in case of non-networked logins, the first entry that + matches the (user, tty) combination. The permissions field of that + table entry determines whether the login will be accepted or refused. + </para> + + <para> + Each line of the login access control table has three fields separated + by a ":" character: + </para> + + <para> + <emphasis remap='I'>permission</emphasis>:<emphasis remap='I'>users</emphasis>:<emphasis remap='I'>origins</emphasis> + </para> + + <para> + The first field should be a "<emphasis>+</emphasis>" (access granted) + or "<emphasis>-</emphasis>" (access denied) character. The second + field should be a list of one or more login names, group names, or + <emphasis>ALL</emphasis> (always matches). The third field should be a + list of one or more tty names (for non-networked logins), host names, + domain names (begin with "<literal>.</literal>"), host addresses, + internet network numbers (end with "<literal>.</literal>"), + <emphasis>ALL</emphasis> (always matches) or + <emphasis>LOCAL</emphasis> (matches any string that does not contain a + "<literal>.</literal>" character). If you run NIS you can use + @netgroupname in host or user patterns. + </para> + + <para> + The <emphasis>EXCEPT</emphasis> operator makes it possible to write + very compact rules. + </para> + + <para> + The group file is searched only when a name does not match that of the + logged-in user. Only groups are matched in which users are explicitly + listed: the program does not look at a user's primary group id value. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='files'> + <title>FILES</title> + <variablelist> + <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>login</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>. + </para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |