2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
6 menu "Login/Password Management Utilities"
8 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
9 bool "Support for shadow passwords"
12 Build support for shadow password in /etc/shadow. This file is only
13 readable by root and thus the encrypted passwords are no longer
16 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP
17 bool "Use internal password and group functions rather than system functions"
20 If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's password
21 and group functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
22 (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
23 configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
24 order for the password and group functions to work. This generally
25 makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
27 Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
28 system's /etc/password, /etc/group files (and your system will be
29 smaller, and I will get fewer emails asking about how glibc NSS
30 works). When this option is enabled, you will not be able to use
31 PAM to access remote LDAP password servers and whatnot. And if you
32 want hostname resolution to work with glibc, you still need the
33 /lib/libnss_* libraries.
35 If you need to use glibc's nsswitch.conf mechanism
36 (e.g. if user/group database is NOT stored in /etc/passwd etc),
37 you must NOT use this option.
39 If you enable this option, it will add about 1.5k.
41 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW
42 bool "Use internal shadow password functions"
44 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS
46 If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's shadow
47 password handling functions. And if you are using the GNU C library
48 (glibc), you will then need to install the /etc/nsswitch.conf
49 configuration file and the required /lib/libnss_* libraries in
50 order for the shadow password functions to work. This generally
51 makes your embedded system quite a bit larger.
53 Enabling this option will cause busybox to directly access the
54 system's /etc/shadow file when handling shadow passwords. This
55 makes your system smaller (and I will get fewer emails asking about
56 how glibc NSS works). When this option is enabled, you will not be
57 able to use PAM to access shadow passwords from remote LDAP
58 password servers and whatnot.
60 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_USE_BB_CRYPT
61 bool "Use internal DES and MD5 crypt functions"
64 Busybox has internal DES and MD5 crypt functions.
65 They produce results which are identical to corresponding
66 standard C library functions.
68 If you leave this disabled, busybox will use the system's
69 crypt functions. Most C libraries use large (~70k)
70 static buffers there, and also combine them with more general
71 DES encryption/decryption.
73 For busybox, having large static buffers is undesirable,
74 especially on NOMMU machines. Busybox also doesn't need
75 DES encryption/decryption and can do with smaller code.
77 If you enable this option, it will add about 4.8k of code
78 if you are building dynamically linked executable.
79 In static build, it makes code _smaller_ by about 1.2k,
80 and likely many kilobytes less of bss.
82 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ADDGROUP
86 Utility for creating a new group account.
88 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ADDUSER_TO_GROUP
89 bool "Support for adding users to groups"
91 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ADDGROUP
93 If called with two non-option arguments,
94 addgroup will add an existing user to an
97 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP
101 Utility for deleting a group account.
103 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP
104 bool "Support for removing users from groups."
106 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELGROUP
108 If called with two non-option arguments, deluser
109 or delgroup will remove an user from a specified group.
111 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_NAMES
112 bool "Enable sanity check on user/group names in adduser and addgroup"
114 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ADDUSER || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ADDGROUP
116 Enable sanity check on user and group names in adduser and addgroup.
117 To avoid problems, the user or group name should consist only of
118 letters, digits, underscores, periods, at signs and dashes,
119 and not start with a dash (as defined by IEEE Std 1003.1-2001).
120 For compatibility with Samba machine accounts "$" is also supported
121 at the end of the user or group name.
123 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ADDUSER
127 Utility for creating a new user account.
129 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ADDUSER_LONG_OPTIONS
130 bool "Enable long options"
132 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_ADDUSER && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
134 Support long options for the adduser applet.
136 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DELUSER
140 Utility for deleting a user account.
142 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETTY
145 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
147 getty lets you log in on a tty, it is normally invoked by init.
149 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP
150 bool "Support utmp file"
151 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETTY || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SU || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_WHO
154 The file /var/run/utmp is used to track who is currently logged in.
156 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_WTMP
157 bool "Support wtmp file"
158 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETTY || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SU || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LAST
160 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP
162 The file /var/run/wtmp is used to track when user's have logged into
163 and logged out of the system.
165 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
168 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
169 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
171 login is used when signing onto a system.
173 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
176 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PAM
177 bool "Support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)"
179 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
181 Use PAM in login(1) instead of direct access to password database.
183 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN_SCRIPTS
184 bool "Support for login scripts"
185 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
188 Enable this if you want login to execute $LOGIN_PRE_SUID_SCRIPT
189 just prior to switching from root to logged-in user.
191 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_NOLOGIN
192 bool "Support for /etc/nologin"
194 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
196 The file /etc/nologin is used by (some versions of) login(1).
197 If it exists, non-root logins are prohibited.
199 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SECURETTY
200 bool "Support for /etc/securetty"
202 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGIN
204 The file /etc/securetty is used by (some versions of) login(1).
205 The file contains the device names of tty lines (one per line,
206 without leading /dev/) on which root is allowed to login.
208 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PASSWD
211 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
212 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
214 passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
215 may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user
216 may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
217 may change the password for the group.
219 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
222 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_PASSWD_WEAK_CHECK
223 bool "Check new passwords for weakness"
225 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PASSWD
227 With this option passwd will refuse new passwords which are "weak".
229 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CRYPTPW
233 Applet for crypting a string.
235 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CHPASSWD
239 chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from
240 standard input and uses this information to update a group of
243 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SU
246 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
247 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
249 su is used to become another user during a login session.
250 Invoked without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user.
252 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to
255 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SU_SYSLOG
256 bool "Enable su to write to syslog"
258 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SU
260 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SU_CHECKS_SHELLS
261 bool "Enable su to check user's shell to be listed in /etc/shells"
262 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SU
265 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SULOGIN
268 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
270 sulogin is invoked when the system goes into single user
271 mode (this is done through an entry in inittab).
273 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_VLOCK
276 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID
278 Build the "vlock" applet which allows you to lock (virtual) terminals.
280 Note that Busybox binary must be setuid root for this applet to