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+.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.1 1997/02/25 18:17:10 provos Exp $
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+.Dd February 24, 1997
+.Dt PASSWD.CONF 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm passwd.conf
+.Nd format of the password configuration file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm /etc/passwd.conf
+file describes the configuration of the password cipher used
+to encrypt local or YP passwords. The
+.Nm passwd.conf
+consists of stanzas.
+.Pp
+There are default and user specific stanzas. If no user
+stanza to a specific option is available the default stanza
+is used.
+.Pp
+Some of the fields and their possible values that can appear in
+this file are:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width localcipher -offset indent
+.It localcipher
+The cipher to use for local passwords. Possible values are: 'old', 'newsalt'
+or 'blowfish,<rounds>' where rounds is a value between 4 and 31.
+.It ypcipher
+The cipher to use for YP passwords. The possible values are the same as
+for localcipher.
+.El
+.Pp
+To retrieve information from this file use
+.Xr pw_getconf 3 .
+.Pp
+.Sh EXAMPLE
+To use blowfish as local cipher but for root some more rounds and
+the old unix crypt as YP cipher:
+.Pp
+default:
+.Pp
+ localcipher = blowfish,4
+.Pp
+ ypcipher = old
+.Pp
+root:
+.Pp
+ localcipher = blowfish,7
+.Pp
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr passwd 1 ,
+.Xr passwd 5 ,
+.Xr pw_getconf 3