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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 b/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 index c33f750ea42..0589d92c43f 100644 --- a/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 +++ b/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: chpass.1,v 1.12 1999/07/04 11:53:51 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: chpass.1,v 1.13 1999/08/21 19:34:40 niklas Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: chpass.1,v 1.7 1996/05/15 21:50:40 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990, 1993 @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ .Nd add or change user database information .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm chpass +.Op Fl ly .Op Fl a Ar list .Op Fl s Ar newshell .Op Ar user @@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ The information is formatted and supplied to an editor for changes. .Pp Only the information that the user is allowed to change is displayed. .Pp +If YP in enabled change requests are first tried in the local database, +and then in the YP database, if there was no entry to change locally. +.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a Ar list @@ -66,9 +70,19 @@ This argument must be a colon .Pq Sq \&: separated list of all the user database fields, although they may be empty. +In YP environments this operation is not supported, only local additions +can be done and that requires use of the +.Fl l +flag. +.It Fl l +In environments where YP is enabled, always alter local information as +opposed to information in YP. .It Fl s Ar newshell Attempts to change the user's shell to .Ar newshell . +.It Fl y +In environments where YP is enabled, always change the YP entry, even if this +is a modification request and there is a local entry for the specified user. .El .Pp Possible display items are as follows: |