[patch] hosts.equiv.5: Clarify that `host <user>` enables non-like-named account logins.

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 06/17/2015 12:17 PM, Arjun Shankar wrote:
>>> Just a note: I'm hoping for a response from Arjun before I commit this.
>> Hope is not a plan :-)
> 
> I see that I got here a little late. This looks good, but I have one
> nitpick:
> 
>> +Allow user from host to login:
>> +.LP
>> +.RS 4
>> +.TP
>> +host user
> 
> It might make sense to repeat here that such an entry will allow the
> specified user on the remote host to login as *any* user on the local host.
> 
> i.e., something like:
> 
> -Allow user from host to login:
> +Allow user from host to login as any non-root user:

Good point.

Signed-off-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

diff --git a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
index b6ecb94..9ee0e6e 100644
--- a/man5/hosts.equiv.5
+++ b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Allow
 .I user
 from
 .I host
-to login:
+to login as any non-root user:
 
     host user
 
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ Disallow all users on all hosts in a
 Allow all users in a
 .I netgroup
 to log in from
-.IR host :
+.IR host
+as any non-root user:
 
     host +@netgroup
 
---

Cheers,
Carlos.
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