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diff --git a/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org b/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org index c21f0ac..4565580 100644 --- a/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org +++ b/content/posts/WIP-how-bsd-authentication-works/index.org @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ This one is pretty difficult, since there seems to be very little information about how BSD Auth works apart from the source code - itself and the man pages, which I found to be a little confusing. - This is my best attempt to understand the flow of BSD Auth from what - I've read. + itself and the man pages, which intentionally keep the internals + opaque. This is my best attempt to understand and describe the flow + of BSD Auth. * BSD Auth Modules @@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ #+END_SRC The auth module communicates with its caller through file - descriptor 3. Most modules also have a hidden flag =-d=, which sets - the back channel do =stdio=, presumably for debugging purposes. + descriptor 3. + + Most modules also have a hidden flag =-d=, which sets the back + channel do =stdio=, presumably for debugging purposes. * Documentation |