Clarify instances, esp. user.root

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/login.conf.5
index ddcfe4ec28d..76ff6ff6a28 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/login.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/login.conf.5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: login.conf.5,v 1.8 2001/06/19 16:21:48 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: login.conf.5,v 1.9 2001/06/24 17:20:22 millert Exp $
 .\" BSDI $From: login.conf.5,v 2.20 2000/06/26 14:50:38 prb Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 18, 2001
@@ -529,8 +529,13 @@ The name of the user to authenticate.
 The name may contain an instance, e.g.
 .Dq user.root ,
 as used by Kerberos authentication.
-If the authentication style being used does not support such instances,
-the request will fail.
+All authentication styles that support authentication by the root user
+will support the
+.Dq user.root
+instance for compatibility with
+.Xr su 1 .
+However, if the authentication style being used does not support true
+instances, requests for an instance other than root will fail.
 .El
 .Pp
 The program requesting authentication must specify a username and an