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CONSERVER.PASSWD(5)		    conserver		     CONSERVER.PASSWD(5)

NAME
     conserver.passwd - user access information for conserver(8)

SYNOPSIS
     username:password

DESCRIPTION
     The conserver.passwd file is the user authentication and authorization file
     for  conserver(8).   Upon	each incoming client connection, conserver opens
     and reads the conserver.passwd file, so edits to the file take effect imme-
     diately.  It reads only until the first username match.

     Blank lines and comment lines (those beginning with a  ``#''  and	optional
     leading  whitespace)  are ignored.  Non-ignored lines beginning with white-
     space are considered continuations of the previous line.  This  allows  you
     to span one logical line over many physical lines and insert comments wher-
     ever appropriate.

     Each  logical  line  consists  of	two colon-separated fields.  Leading and
     trailing white space in each field is ignored.

     username
	    the login name of the authorized user, or the  string  ``*any*''  to
	    match  any user.  This is compared against the name sent by the con-
	    sole client, based either on the user's identity or on  the  -l  op-
	    tion.   Since  conserver  only  uses  the  first  username	match, a
	    ``*any*'' entry will apply to any user without an entry  earlier  in
	    the file.

     password
	    the  encrypted password, or the string ``*passwd*'' to indicate that
	    conserver should look up the user's password in  the  system  passwd
	    (or shadow) database.  If PAM support has been enabled (--with-pam),
	    PAM  lookups will be done instead of passwd (or shadow) lookups (you
	    may need to edit /etc/pam.conf or create /etc/pam.d/conserver).   If
	    this field is empty, password checking is bypassed for this user.

EXAMPLE
     mary:r71mXjfALB5Ak      Mary uses the password specified above; it does not
			     matter  whether  she  has	a login on the conserver
			     host.

     fred:*passwd*	     Fred may connect only with his regular login  pass-
			     word on the conserver host.

     bozo:*		     Bozo  is  only  allowed  to access a console if his
			     password isn't  used  (since  it's  invalid)  which
			     means he needs to come from a trusted host.

     *any*:*passwd*	     Anyone  not  listed  above uses their regular login
			     and password.

SEE ALSO
     console(1), conserver.cf(5), conserver(8)

BUGS
     There is currently no way provided by the conserver package to generate the
     encrypted password strings besides copying  them  from  the  system  passwd
     database or running crypt(3) via C or perl or some other language that sup-
     ports it.

conserver-8.3.0 		   2026/02/02		     CONSERVER.PASSWD(5)

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