> FreeBSD password databases (/etc/pwd.db, /etc/spwd.db) can contain > records in one or both of two versions: > * v3, a legacy architecture-dependent format > * v4, the current architecture- and endian-independent format > > When v4 support was added in 2003 (r113596) pwd_mkdb emitted both v3 and > v4 records in the output database. In 2015 r283981 added a -l option to > control the emission of legacy v3 records; by default only v4 records > are emitted. > > r283981's commit message states: > > The -l, -B and -L options are considered deprecated and will be > removed in FreeBSD 12.0 release. > > I'd expect little impact if the -l, -B and -L options are removed, as > r113596 is included in FreeBSD 5.1 and later. If legacy support is > removed then software built on FreeBSD 5.0 or earlier will no longer be > able to make use of password file data (via getpwent, getpwnam, etc.). > Such software would still function inside of a jail that has a v3 > password database, of course. > > Is anyone using pwd_mkdb's -l option and relying on legacy password > database files in a non-jailed context?
You would reach a more likely audience on freebsd-stable than on freebsd-current. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
