= Implement thread-safe versions of the getpwent(3) and getgrent(3)
family of functions using the new nsdispatch(3) core. Remove
arbitrary size limits when using the thread-safe versions.

= Re-

= Implement thread-safe versions of the getpwent(3) and getgrent(3)
family of functions using the new nsdispatch(3) core. Remove
arbitrary size limits when using the thread-safe versions.

= Re-implement the traditional getpwent(3)/getgrent(3) functions on
top of the thread-safe versions.

= Update the on-disk format of the hashed version of the passwd(5)
databases to allow for versioned entries. The legacy version is
`3'. (Don't ask.)

= Add support for version `4' entries in the passwd(5) database.
Entries in this format are identical to version 3 entries except
that all integers are stored as 32-bit integers in network byte
order (big endian).

= pwd_mkdb is updated to generate both version 3 and version 4
entries.

Sponsored by: DARPA, Network Associates Laboratories

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WARNS=4 cleanup, de-__P()

When reporting that a line is too long, include the line number in the
error message. While I'm here, add a note that the "line too long"
message isn't always accurate.

PR: 35395
Submitted by: and

When reporting that a line is too long, include the line number in the
error message. While I'm here, add a note that the "line too long"
message isn't always accurate.

PR: 35395
Submitted by: andrew@ugh.net.au

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Explicitly use int32_t for on-disk records for pw_change and pw_expire,
since that is what we use now and this insulates us from any time_t
tweaks here. We can define a record format that uses 64 bi

Explicitly use int32_t for on-disk records for pw_change and pw_expire,
since that is what we use now and this insulates us from any time_t
tweaks here. We can define a record format that uses 64 bit times if/when
we need to.

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Add nsswitch support. By creating an /etc/nsswitch.conf file, you can
configure FreeBSD so that various databases such as passwd and group can be
looked up using flat files, NIS, or Hesiod.

= Hesio

Add nsswitch support. By creating an /etc/nsswitch.conf file, you can
configure FreeBSD so that various databases such as passwd and group can be
looked up using flat files, NIS, or Hesiod.

= Hesiod has been added to libc (see hesiod(3)).

= A library routine for parsing nsswitch.conf and invoking callback
functions as specified has been added to libc (see nsdispatch(3)).

= The following C library functions have been modified to use nsdispatch:
. getgrent, getgrnam, getgrgid
. getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid
. getusershell
. getaddrinfo
. gethostbyname, gethostbyname2, gethostbyaddr
. getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr
. getipnodebyname, getipnodebyaddr, getnodebyname, getnodebyaddr

= host.conf has been removed from src/etc. rc.network has been modified
to warn that host.conf is no longer used at boot time. In addition, if
there is a host.conf but no nsswitch.conf, the latter is created at boot
time from the former.

Obtained from: NetBSD

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Fix various unsigned vs signed errors that caused problems with uids
and gids bigger than 16 bits. Added checks for uids and gids that are
bigger than 32 bits.

Approved by: jkh (partly, this fix is

Fix various unsigned vs signed errors that caused problems with uids
and gids bigger than 16 bits. Added checks for uids and gids that are
bigger than 32 bits.

Approved by: jkh (partly, this fix is bigger than I first intended)

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Replace the -q option to pwd_mkdb with a test for PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS in
the environment. This allows big ID warnings to be suppressed for
vipw and chpass as well.

Since the environment variable test i

Replace the -q option to pwd_mkdb with a test for PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS in
the environment. This allows big ID warnings to be suppressed for
vipw and chpass as well.

Since the environment variable test is only performed for callers
of pw_scan() that do not set pw_big_ids_warning, the test can still
be overriden. Currently, chpass and pwd_mkdb are the only users
of pw_scan() and neither of them overrides the environment variable
test.

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Add to pwd_mkdb a -q option to silence warnings about large IDs. Add a
suitably ominous warning in the manual page.

The diff applied is not the one provided in the attributed PR.

PR: 13344
Review

Add to pwd_mkdb a -q option to silence warnings about large IDs. Add a
suitably ominous warning in the manual page.

The diff applied is not the one provided in the attributed PR.

PR: 13344
Reviewed by: bde

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Unifdef -DPASSWD_IGNORE_COMMENTS. This wasn't really optional and
we have enough pseudo-options already.

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$

Enable source file locking in pwd_mkdb by including the proper letter
in getopt(). The code was there, the means to use it wasn't.

Also update the usage() statment to reflect reality.

PR: bin/9248

Enable source file locking in pwd_mkdb by including the proper letter
in getopt(). The code was there, the means to use it wasn't.

Also update the usage() statment to reflect reality.

PR: bin/9248
Submitted by: Jos Backus <jbackus@plex.nl>
Forgotten By: dillon

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PR: bin/3478

Have pwd_mkdb lock the source file while rebuilding the database. When
called by programs such as vipw, the source file is a temporary file and
this does not conflict with

PR: bin/3478

Have pwd_mkdb lock the source file while rebuilding the database. When
called by programs such as vipw, the source file is a temporary file and
this does not conflict with the lock on /etc/master.passwd already held
by vipw. When run manually, however, master.passwd is typically specified
as the argument and the locking prevents other programs from messing with
master.passwd during the database rebuild.

Also pwd_mkdb uses a blocking exclusive lock as it may be called from
a script. The -N option was added to cause pwd_mkdb to get the lock
non-blocking and exit with an error if the attempt fails, again useful
for scripts.

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Close PR bin/8753 pwd_mkdb problem when having comments in passwd file

Submitted by Chia-liang Kao clkao@CirX.ORG .

Rename a static variable, so it will not shadowed by a local variable.
Now comments will be ignored, rather than put junk in the password database.

Broken in: rev. 1.21

Fix usage string

Allow specification of cache-size to pwd_mkdb
PR: 5193
Reviewed by: phk
Submitted by: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>

Reenable building of /etc/passwd.
Pointed out by: "Julie M. Juracich" <julie@xaqti.com>

Apparently, if fprintf() fails, it can return any negative value
Pointed out by: Bruce

Check return values of fprintf, fclose (this one is overdone I guess)
and pw_db->close.
PR: 4202 (probably, I askd the submitter)
Obtained from: OpenBSD

Rename the pwd_mkdb(8) option '-c' to '-C' for better compatiblity
with BSD/OS.

Staticize usage(). Cosmetics.

db close routine actually writes data out to disk; return value was
not being checked. Change code to fail if db->close errors.

PR: 4202

compare return value from getopt against -1 rather than EOF, per the final
posix standard on the topic.

Fix possible (not stack) overflow from -d <dir> commandline option.

Allow comments in password database. The comments are copied from
the password file into /etc/master.passwd and optional (-p) into
/etc/passwd. Enable this feature with the compile
option -DPASSWD_IG

Allow comments in password database. The comments are copied from
the password file into /etc/master.passwd and optional (-p) into
/etc/passwd. Enable this feature with the compile
option -DPASSWD_IGNORE_COMMENTS.

The character `#' introduces a comment. Leading spaces and tabs are
ignored: '^[ \t]*#.*\n$'

Count an empty line - only spaces, tabs or newline - also as a comment.
An empty line at the bottom of /etc/master.passwd is a common
novice error and increased my mail load: '^[ \t]*\n$'

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