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PASSWORDS(5A)                    FILE FORMATS                     PASSWORDS(5A)

NAME
        passwords - Aviator passwords file

SYNOPSIS
        /usr/games/aviator/passwords

DESCRIPTION
        The Aviator password file contains the passwords which are needed to
        use all the capabilities of the flight simulator Aviator.  The file
        contains entries for Aviator, the Aviator Terrain Library, and the
        Aviator Graphics Interface.  You can purchase passwords for these
        programs from your local distributor, or please contact Artificial
        Horizons directly at "ahi-interest@ahi.com".  The passwords should be
        placed in the passwords file.

        Each password is made up of numbers and upper or lower cased
        characters.  Only one password is allowed per line.  Comments begin
        with the '#' character as the first character of the line or can be
        placed following the password if started by the '#' characters.  White
        spaces in passwords are ignored.

        Aviator uses a floating password security system, which enables other
        users to run Aviator when the owner is not running it.  The owner can
        share the password with others by allowing access (via NFS) to the
        directory that the passwords file is located.  The password allocation
        is done on a first come, first serve basis.  If the owner does not
        want to share his password, so that he may run Aviator at any time, he
        should prevent others from mounting his system by changing the
        /etc/exports file.

        Single passwords for Aviator can now be ordered that are locked to a
        specific workstation instead of floating.  This allows the password
        file and directory to be copied and backed up, but this password can
        not be shared when not in use.

ENVIRONMENT
        The environment variable AVIATOR_PASSWORDS is used to point to the
        file passwords, if it is not in the aviator directory.  The
        environment variable AVIATOR_PASSWORDS is also used by Aviator Terrain
        Library and Aviator Graphics Interface.

EXAMPLE
        The following is a sample of four passwords:
                tgma 8rlv vmu           # Curtis' Aviator password
                1rts rqae fgm           # Bruce's Aviator password
                vvgj uoju hhjr 8t77     # ATL password
                9fpb cn3a 427i mpmb     # AGI password

FILES
        /usr/games/aviator/passwords

SEE ALSO
        aviator(6A), exports(5), intro(1T), mount(8)

WARNING
        The passwords file with a floating password should never be deleted,
        copied, or moved or else your passwords will no longer work and you
        will have to buy new ones.  The home aviator directory should never be
        deleted nor should its permissions ever be changed from 555.



Aviator Release 1.8     Last change: 25 December 1991