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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8')
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 index f94d88d0b3e..3a1bd6297ff 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.2 1997/05/29 04:26:55 gene Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.3 1998/08/29 21:11:15 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>. Berlin. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ .Nm Adduser is a simple program for adding new users. Adduser first performs consistency checks on the passwd, group, and shell databases. It creates passwd/group -entries, a HOME-directory, and dotfiles for a new user, and sends -him or her a welcome message at the discretion of the person creating -the account. +entries, a HOME-directory, dotfiles for a new user, and sends him or her a +welcome message at the discretion of the person creating the account. .Sh RESTRICTIONS .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact @@ -71,20 +70,20 @@ you can define an alias in .It Sy fullname This should contain the user's firstname and surname. The .Ql Pa \: -is not permitted.. +is not permitted. .It Sy shell Only valid entries from the .Xr shells 5 database or entries corresponding to sliplogin and pppd are permitted. .It Sy uid -This value is automatically generated or assigend at the invoker's +This value is automatically generated or assigned at the invoker's discretion; however, it must be less than 32000. .It Sy gid/login group This value is generated automatically, but it can be specified at the discretion of the person invoking the program. .It Sy password If not empty, the password is encrypted according to -.Xr passwd.conf 5 +.Xr passwd.conf 5 . If empty, the account will be automatically disabled to prevent spurious access to it. . @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ straightforward. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Sy -batch username [group[,group]...] [fullname] [password] -Enter batch mode in which multiple users are specified on the command line +Enter batch mode in which multiple users are specified on the command-line in a compact format. .It Sy -check_only @@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ means that the username is to be used as the login group. Print a summary of options and exit. .It Sy -home Ar partition -Specify the default home partition where all users home directories +Specify the default home partition where all users' home directories are to be located. .It Sy -message Ar file @@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ Use uid's from up when automatically generating uid's. .It Sy -verbose,-v -Causes the program to print many warnings and question. +Causes the program to print many warnings and questions. This option is recommended for novice users. .\" .Sh FORMAT |