Document where we diverge from other implementations (due to different

fields in passwd(5)).  OK otto@ a while ago.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/user/user.8 b/usr.sbin/user/user.8
index 30747804319..87c4c3767e4 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/user/user.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/user/user.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: user.8,v 1.11 2003/06/15 06:40:15 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: user.8,v 1.12 2004/06/14 17:11:46 millert Exp $
 .\" $NetBSD: user.8,v 1.9 2001/06/05 11:31:21 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks.  All rights reserved.
@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ and those backend commands
 .Xr userdel 8 ,
 .Xr userinfo 8 ,
 .Xr usermod 8
+.Sh STANDARDS
+Other implementations of the
+.Nm user
+utilities use the
+.Ar inactive-time
+parameter to refer to the maximum number of days allowed between logins (this
+us used to lock "stale" accounts that have not been used for a period of time).
+However, on
+.Ox
+systems this parameter refers instead to the password change time.
+This is due to differences in the
+.Xr passwd 5
+database compared to other operating systems.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm