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diff --git a/doc/man/kcheckpass.1 b/doc/man/kcheckpass.1 deleted file mode 100644 index fa5a4c817..000000000 --- a/doc/man/kcheckpass.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -.\" 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 <[email protected]> -.br -Christian Esken <[email protected]> -.br -Oswald Buddenhagen <[email protected]> -.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 <[email protected]> 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. |