Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Wed May 13 22:35:02 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man5: passwd.5
Log Message:
New sentence, new line.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 src/share/man/man5/passwd.5
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Index: src/share/man/man5/passwd.5
diff -u src/share/man/man5/passwd.5:1.27 src/share/man/man5/passwd.5:1.28
--- src/share/man/man5/passwd.5:1.27 Thu Jun 21 15:12:59 2007
+++ src/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Wed May 13 22:35:02 2009
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: passwd.5,v 1.27 2007/06/21 15:12:59 ginsbach Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: passwd.5,v 1.28 2009/05/13 22:35:02 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@
.Em name
field is the login used to access the computer account, and the
.Em uid
-field is the number associated with it. They should both be unique
-across the system (and often across a group of systems) since they
-control file access.
+field is the number associated with it.
+They should both be unique across the system (and often across a
+group of systems) since 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
-that manipulate these files will often return only one of the multiple
-entries, and that one by random selection.
+and/or identical user id's, 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
The login name must never begin with a hyphen
.Pq Dq \&- ;
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
If the
.Em password
field is empty, no password will be required to gain access to the
-machine. This is almost invariably a mistake.
+machine.
+This is almost invariably a mistake.
Because these files contain the encrypted user passwords, they should
not be readable by anyone without appropriate privileges.
For the possible ciphers used in this field see
@@ -348,7 +349,8 @@
fields, the specified numbers will override the information retrieved
from the Hesiod domain or the
.Tn NIS
-maps. As well, if the
+maps.
+As well, if the
.Em gecos ,
.Em home_dir
or
