Fix reference /etc/acct/pw.conf -> /etc/pw.conf.

[pw-darwin.git] / pw / pw.8

diff --git a/pw/pw.8 b/pw/pw.8
index a1482513168a341529b326dc1490d7dd5f53c6d7..f0aa9f727d138b6456c2dd0839fbf60aa5560b65 100644 (file)
--- a/pw/pw.8
+++ b/pw/pw.8
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1996
-.\"    David L. Nugent.
-.\"    Password Maintenance
-.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 1996
+.\" David L. Nugent.  All rights reserved.
+.\" 
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 .\" are met:
@@ -10,16 +9,11 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"    This product includes software developed by David L. Nugent.
-.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
-.\"    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
-.\"
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DAVID L. NUGENT ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" 
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY DAVID L. NUGENT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL DAVID L. NUGENT BE LIABLE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL DAVID L. NUGENT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
@@ -28,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"    $Id: pw.8,v 1.1.1.2 1996/12/09 23:55:19 joerg Exp $
+.\"    $Id: pw.8,v 1.4 1996/12/11 00:07:19 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd December 9, 1996
 .Dt PW 8
@@ -766,6 +760,26 @@ For a summary of options available with each command, you can use
 For example,
 .Dl pw useradd help
 lists all available options for the useradd operation.
+.Pp
+.Nm pw
+allows 8-bit characters in the passwd gecos field (user's full name,
+office, work and home phone number subfields), but disallows them in
+user login and group names.
+Use 8-bit characters with caution, as connection to the internet will
+require that your mail transport program supports 8BITMIME, and will
+convert headers containing 8-bit characters to 7-bit quoted-printable
+format.
+.Xr sendmail 8
+does support this.
+Use of 8-bit characters in the gecos field should be used in
+conjunction with the user's default locale and character set
+and should not be implemented without their use.
+Using 8-bit characters may also affect other
+programs that transmit the contents of the gecos field over the
+internet, such as
+.Xr fingerd 8 ,
+and a small number of tcpip clients, such as irc, where fullnames
+specified in the passwd file may be used by default.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd.new -compact
 .It Pa /etc/master.passwd