X-Git-Url: https://git.adam-barratt.org.uk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=html%2Fdoc-mail.wml;h=5701e0941bba624f8809b12bddd3f599c6e34fd3;hb=214597ca66e06fdaa18bcb38429bed3a10ab2962;hp=c498e59d695530738482b0fdcd25c9a9dc2b3e98;hpb=db4d3ed0c8fe4f287da7bfe13f041dff5892fed5;p=mirror%2Fuserdir-ldap-cgi.git diff --git a/html/doc-mail.wml b/html/doc-mail.wml index c498e59..5701e09 100644 --- a/html/doc-mail.wml +++ b/html/doc-mail.wml @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ record. In future this address might 'freshen' the record to indicate the user is alive. Any PGP signed message will produce a reply.

New Password

-If a user looses their password they can request that a new one be generated +If a user loses their password they can request that a new one be generated for them. This is done by sending the phrase "Please change my Debian password" to chpasswd@db.debian.org. The phrase is required to prevent the daemon from triggering on arbitrary signed email. The best way to invoke this @@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ Like the SSH function above, multiple hosts are supported, but they must all be sent at once. The debian.net zone is reloaded hourly.
  • If the single word show appears on a line then a PGP encrypted version -of the entire record will be attached to the resulting email. +of the entire record will be attached to the resulting email. For example: +
    echo show | gpg --clearsign | mail changes@db.debian.org
    + After processing the requests the daemon will generate a report which contains @@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ Debian.org machines rely on secured replication to transfer login data out of the database. Replication is performed at 15 min intervals so it can take a short while before any changes made take effect.

    -If the mail you're sending to the mail robot is too long for your MTA +If the mail you're sending to the mail robot is too long for your MUA and gets split, or if you want something that is more robust while copy pasting into a web-mailer, you can try to create a non-clearsigned message and mail that to changes@db.debian.org: