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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-23 04:32:40 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-23 04:32:40 +0000
commita2d8aa4124f4856d7675a1cd268dc5a1f1e22350 (patch)
tree14844c4c8389307d49f87dc4e204b8e859bcbc9c /usr.bin/chpass
parentb7253ab25580c3ade3e0f9b14e52111cda23a6a4 (diff)
usr.bin/ man page repairs, a - e
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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/chpass/chpass.136
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 ,