menu "Login/Password Management Utilities"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
+ bool "Support for shadow passwords"
+ default n
+ help
+ Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only
+ readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
+ publicly readable.
+
+config CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
+ bool #" Use busybox shadow password functions"
+ default y
+ depends on CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
+ help
+ If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
+ password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
+ (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
+ configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
+ order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally
+ makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
+
+ Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
+ system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This
+ makes your system smaller and I will get fewer emails asking about
+ how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be
+ able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
+ password servers and whatnot.
+
config CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP
bool "Use internal password and group functions rather than system functions"
default n
help
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+ If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password
+ and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
+ (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
+ configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
+ order for the password and group functions to work. This generally
+ makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
+
+ Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
+ system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be
+ smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS
+ works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use
+ PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you
+ want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the
+ /lib/libnss_* libraries.
+
+ If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k to busybox.
config CONFIG_ADDGROUP
bool "addgroup"
default n
help
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+ Utility for creating a new group account.
config CONFIG_DELGROUP
bool "delgroup"
default n
help
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+ Utility for deleting a group account.
config CONFIG_ADDUSER
bool "adduser"
default n
help
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+ Utility for creating a new user account.
config CONFIG_DELUSER
bool "deluser"
default n
help
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+ Utility for deleting a user account.
config CONFIG_GETTY
bool "getty"
default n
help
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+ getty lets you log in on a tty, it is normally invoked by init.
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP
+ bool "Support utmp file"
+ depends on CONFIG_GETTY || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU || CONFIG_WHO
+ default n
+ help
+ The file /var/run/utmp is used to track who is currently logged in.
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_WTMP
+ bool "Support wtmp file"
+ depends on CONFIG_GETTY || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU || CONFIG_LAST
+ default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP
+ help
+ The file /var/run/wtmp is used to track when user's have logged into
+ and logged out of the system.
config CONFIG_LOGIN
bool "login"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
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+ login is used when signing onto a system.
+
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_SECURETTY
- bool " Support for /etc/securetty"
+ bool "Support for /etc/securetty"
default y
depends on CONFIG_LOGIN
help
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-
+ The file /etc/securetty is used by (some versions of) login(1).
+ The file contains the device names of tty lines (one per line,
+ without leading /dev/) on which root is allowed to login.
config CONFIG_PASSWD
bool "passwd"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
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+ passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
+ may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user
+ may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
+ may change the password for the group.
+
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
config CONFIG_SU
bool "su"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
- bool "Support for shadow passwords"
- default y
- depends on CONFIG_ADDUSER || CONFIG_DELUSER || CONFIG_LOGIN || CONFIG_SU
- help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ su is used to become another user during a login session.
+ Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user.
-config CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
- bool " Use busybox shadow password functions"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
- help
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+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
config CONFIG_SULOGIN
bool "sulogin"
default n
help
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+ sulogin is invoked when the system goes into single user
+ mode (this is done through an entry in inittab).
config CONFIG_VLOCK
bool "vlock"
default n
+ select CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
help
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+ Build the "vlock" applet which allows you to lock (virtual) terminals.
+
+ Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
+ work properly.
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