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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-09-23 04:32:40 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-09-23 04:32:40 +0000 |
commit | a2d8aa4124f4856d7675a1cd268dc5a1f1e22350 (patch) | |
tree | 14844c4c8389307d49f87dc4e204b8e859bcbc9c /usr.bin/chpass | |
parent | b7253ab25580c3ade3e0f9b14e52111cda23a6a4 (diff) |
usr.bin/ man page repairs, a - e
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/chpass')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 | 36 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 b/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 index 8cd26e32570..7d75ea90988 100644 --- a/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 +++ b/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: chpass.1,v 1.8 1998/06/14 18:12:23 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: chpass.1,v 1.9 1998/09/23 04:32:36 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: chpass.1,v 1.7 1996/05/15 21:50:40 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990, 1993 @@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ .Nm chpass .Op Fl a Ar list .Op Fl s Ar newshell -.Op user +.Op Ar user .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Chpass +.Nm chpass allows editing of the user database information associated with -.Ar user +.Ar user , or, by default, the current user. The information is formatted and supplied to an editor for changes. .Pp @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ The super-user is allowed to directly supply a user database entry, in the format specified by .Xr passwd 5 , as an argument. -This argument must be a colon (``:'') separated list of all the +This argument must be a colon +.Pq Sq \&: +separated list of all the user database fields, although they may be empty. .It Fl s Ar newshell -The -.Fl s -option attempts to change the user's shell to +Attempts to change the user's shell to .Ar newshell . .El .Pp @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Both of these fields should be unique across the system (and often across a group of systems) as they control file access. .Pp While it is possible to have multiple entries with identical login names -and/or identical user id's, it is usually a mistake to do so. Routines +and/or identical user IDs, it is usually a mistake to do so. Routines that manipulate these files will often return only one of the multiple entries, and that one by random selection. .Pp @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ The .Ar group field is the group that the user will be placed in at login. Since BSD supports multiple groups (see -.Xr groups 1 ) +.Xr groups 1 ), this field currently has little special meaning. This field may be filled in with either a number or a group name (see .Xr group 5 ) . @@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ The field is the command interpreter the user prefers. If the .Ar shell -field is empty, the Bourne shell, -.Pa /bin/sh , +field is empty, the Bourne shell +.Pq Pa /bin/sh is assumed. When altering a login shell, and not the super-user, the user may not change from a non-standard shell or to a non-standard @@ -203,17 +203,17 @@ update the user database itself. Only the user, or the super-user, may edit the information associated with the user. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact +.Bl -tag -width /var/tmp/pw.XXXXXXXX -compact .It Pa /etc/master.passwd -The user database +user database .It Pa /etc/passwd -A Version 7 format password file +a Version 7 format password file .It Pa /etc/ptmp -Lock file for the passwd database +lock file for the passwd database .It Pa /var/tmp/pw.XXXXXXXX -Temporary copy of the user passwd information +temporary copy of the user passwd information .It Pa /etc/shells -The list of approved shells +list of approved shells .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr login 1 , |