"Todd C. Miller" <[email protected]> writes: > This comes up periodically with users being confused when running > passwd after su changes the passwd of the user they came from.
Indeed. ok jca@ > Index: usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1,v > retrieving revision 1.41 > diff -u -p -u -r1.41 passwd.1 > --- usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 2 Nov 2014 05:25:09 -0000 1.41 > +++ usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 15 Jul 2015 15:40:59 -0000 > @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ > .Sh DESCRIPTION > .Nm > changes the user's local or YP password. > +If no > +.Ar user > +is specified, the user's login name is used (see > +.Xr logname 1 ) . > First, the user is prompted for their current password. > If the current password is correctly typed, a new password is requested. > The new password must be entered twice to avoid typing errors. > @@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ file to clear the error. > .Sh SEE ALSO > .Xr chpass 1 , > .Xr encrypt 1 , > -.Xr login 1 , > +.Xr logname 1 , > .Xr login.conf 5 , > .Xr passwd 5 , > .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , > -- jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE
