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diff --git a/doc/man/kcheckpass.1 b/doc/man/kcheckpass.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fa5a4c817 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/kcheckpass.1 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.\" This file was generated by (a slightly modified) kdemangen.pl and edited by hand +.TH KCHECKPASS 1 "June 2006" "Trinity Desktop Environment" "authentication software" +.SH NAME +kcheckpass +\- The KCheckPass authentication software +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBkcheckpass\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBKCheckPass\fP is TDE's authentication program. It is meant to be +used by any software in need of user authentication, most +notably screensavers. +.sp 1 +It enhances security be the following means: +.br +.IP " \-" +It's only a small program, which is hopefully simple enough to +allow it to be SUID root. Setting it to SUID root is necessary +on Shadow Password systems. +.IP " \-" +No other program in need of user authentication, must be +SUID root. +.IP " \-" +It provides a single implementation to check passwords. So one only must take a closer look at \fBKCheckPass\fP to ensure password security. It's much easier for programs using \fBKCheckPass\fP to preserve security. +.PP +.br +\fBTechnique:\fP +.sp 1 +\fBKCheckPass\fP is a simple password checker. Just invoke and send it the password on stdin. +.sp 1 +If the password was accepted, the program exits with 0; +.br +if it was rejected, it exits with 1. Any other exit code signals an error. + +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Olaf Kirch <okir@caldera.de> +.br +Christian Esken <esken@kde.org> +.br +Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org> +.br + +.br +.fi +Please use http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly. +.PP +This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. +.PP +On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL. |