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diff --git a/loginutils/Config.src b/loginutils/Config.src index beb4eb855..680f42118 100644 --- a/loginutils/Config.src +++ b/loginutils/Config.src @@ -9,87 +9,87 @@ config FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS bool "Support shadow passwords" default y help - Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only - readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer - publicly readable. + Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only + readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer + publicly readable. config USE_BB_PWD_GRP bool "Use internal password and group functions rather than system functions" default y help - If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password - and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library - (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf - configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in - order for the password and group functions to work. This generally - makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. + If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password + and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf + configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in + order for the password and group functions to work. This generally + makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. - Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the - system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be - smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS - works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use - PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you - want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the - /lib/libnss_* libraries. + Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the + system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be + smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS + works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use + PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you + want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the + /lib/libnss_* libraries. - If you need to use glibc's nsswitch.conf mechanism - (e.g. if user/group database is NOT stored in /etc/passwd etc), - you must NOT use this option. + If you need to use glibc's nsswitch.conf mechanism + (e.g. if user/group database is NOT stored in /etc/passwd etc), + you must NOT use this option. - If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k. + If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k. config USE_BB_SHADOW bool "Use internal shadow password functions" default y depends on USE_BB_PWD_GRP && FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS help - If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow - password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library - (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf - configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in - order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally - makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. + If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow + password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library + (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf + configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in + order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally + makes your embedded system quite a bit larger. - Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the - system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This - makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about - how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be - able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP - password servers and whatnot. + Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the + system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This + makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about + how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be + able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP + password servers and whatnot. config USE_BB_CRYPT bool "Use internal crypt functions" default y help - Busybox has internal DES and MD5 crypt functions. - They produce results which are identical to corresponding - standard C library functions. + Busybox has internal DES and MD5 crypt functions. + They produce results which are identical to corresponding + standard C library functions. - If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's - crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) - static buffers there, and also combine them with more general - DES encryption/decryption. + If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's + crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k) + static buffers there, and also combine them with more general + DES encryption/decryption. - For busybox, having large static buffers is undesirable, - especially on NOMMU machines. Busybox also doesn't need - DES encryption/decryption and can do with smaller code. + For busybox, having large static buffers is undesirable, + especially on NOMMU machines. Busybox also doesn't need + DES encryption/decryption and can do with smaller code. - If you enable this option, it will add about 4.8k of code - if you are building dynamically linked executable. - In static build, it makes code _smaller_ by about 1.2k, - and likely many kilobytes less of bss. + If you enable this option, it will add about 4.8k of code + if you are building dynamically linked executable. + In static build, it makes code _smaller_ by about 1.2k, + and likely many kilobytes less of bss. config USE_BB_CRYPT_SHA bool "Enable SHA256/512 crypt functions" default y depends on USE_BB_CRYPT help - Enable this if you have passwords starting with "$5$" or "$6$" - in your /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files. These passwords - are hashed using SHA256 and SHA512 algorithms. Support for them - was added to glibc in 2008. - With this option off, login will fail password check for any - user which has password encrypted with these algorithms. + Enable this if you have passwords starting with "$5$" or "$6$" + in your /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files. These passwords + are hashed using SHA256 and SHA512 algorithms. Support for them + was added to glibc in 2008. + With this option off, login will fail password check for any + user which has password encrypted with these algorithms. INSERT |