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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-06-15 06:40:16 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-06-15 06:40:16 +0000
commit7292f7ad65633848de2da67302fa2729e6b32dae (patch)
tree67904ad36bbe1effc8a7dc9d2c0fc6eb90c239f0 /usr.sbin/user/userdel.8
parent0c5b29877b2f3704f5cb0d6c66c9ac14ede8714f (diff)
small mdoc fixes;
ok millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/user/userdel.8')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/user/userdel.8 b/usr.sbin/user/userdel.8
index b5c28e54306..54cb761f77e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/user/userdel.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/user/userdel.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: userdel.8,v 1.9 2003/06/08 23:32:23 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: userdel.8,v 1.10 2003/06/15 06:40:15 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: userdel.8,v 1.24 2003/02/25 10:36:21 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ of the command,
.Fl D
will set the default to be the new value.
.It Fl p Ar preserve-value
-sets the preservation value. If this value is one of
+sets the preservation value.
+If this value is one of
.Ql true ,
.Ql yes ,
or a non-zero number, then the user login information will be preserved.
@@ -91,14 +92,16 @@ password to an
one, and by setting the
user's shell to the
.Xr nologin 8
-program. This option can be helpful in preserving a user's
+program.
+This option can be helpful in preserving a user's
files for later use by members of that person's
group after the user has moved on.
This value can also be set in the
.Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
file, using the
.Ql preserve
-field. If the field has any of the values
+field.
+If the field has any of the values
.Ql true ,
.Ql yes ,
or a non-zero number, then user information preservation will take place.
@@ -113,10 +116,11 @@ Once the information has been verified,
.Nm
uses
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
-to update the user database. This is run in the background, and,
-at very large sites could take several minutes. Until this update
-is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates
-and the new information is not available to programs.
+to update the user database.
+This is run in the background, and,
+at very large sites could take several minutes.
+Until this update is completed, the password file is unavailable for other
+updates and the new information is not available to programs.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -139,5 +143,4 @@ utility first appeared in
The
.Nm
utility was written by
-.An Alistair G. Crooks
-.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
+.An Alistair G. Crooks Aq agc@NetBSD.org .