hg3@sage.cc.purdue.edu (hg3) (03/22/91)
I saw quite some users have a .badpass file in their home dir, w/ the permission bits for group/world turned off completely. What's the use of this file ? Thanks, -- hg3
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (03/25/91)
In article <8493@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, hg3@sage.cc.purdue.edu (hg3) writes: |> I saw quite some users have a .badpass file in their home dir, w/ |> the permission bits for group/world turned off completely. What's the |> use of this file ? Note of the variants of Unix with which I have worked use the .badpass file in any "vendor-supplied" functionality. This means either that (a) it is vendor-supplied in the version of Unix you're using, which is one I have not used :-), or (b) it is a local customization of some sort. Since you did not tell us anything about exactly what type of Unix the machine on which you've seen these files is running, I can't comment about possibility (a), and if the answer is (b), then you're going to have to check with the people who run things at your site, since the net at large isn't going to help you. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710