* hurd/translator.mdwn: add a link to password page * hurd/translator/password.mdwn: new file. I barely describe the password server. Even after reading what I wrote, I still don't really know what the password server does. --- hurd/translator.mdwn | 1 + hurd/translator/password.mdwn | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hurd/translator/password.mdwn
diff --git a/hurd/translator.mdwn b/hurd/translator.mdwn index 590f80b1..1a8f8adf 100644 --- a/hurd/translator.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator.mdwn @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ The [[concept|concepts]] of translators creates its own problems, too: * [[auth]] * [[exec]] * [[ifsock]] +* [[password]] * [[proc]] * [[pfinet]] * [[lwip]] diff --git a/hurd/translator/password.mdwn b/hurd/translator/password.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9a60b94c --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/password.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag stable_URL]] + +The password server (`/servers/password`) runs as root and hands out +authorization tags after receiving the correct password. The ids +corresponding to the authentication port match the unix user and group +ids. + +Support for shadow passwords is implemented here. Several utilities +make use of this server, so they don't need to be setuid root. -- 2.45.2
