Too strict error checking in rev. 1.22 broke pwd_mkdb(8) in NIS

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

diff --git a/adduser/adduser.8 b/adduser/adduser.8
index 73ab6608d6851fa59a8843e6fe882fcc36eb2c1d..0f52c3b9956a1556b38e01531dbd8c8d5acd5b1c 100644 (file)
--- a/adduser/adduser.8
+++ b/adduser/adduser.8
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 .Op Fl class Ar login_class
 .Op Fl config_create
 .Op Fl dotdir Ar dotdir
-.Op Fl f | force
 .Op Fl group Ar login_group
 .Op Fl h | help
 .Op Fl home Ar home
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@
 .Op Fl v | verbose
 .Ek
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Adduser
-is a simple program for adding new users.
-Adduser checks
+The
+.Nm
+utility is a simple program for adding new users.  It checks
 the passwd, group and shell databases.
 It creates passwd/group entries,
 .Ev HOME
@@ -61,9 +60,6 @@ directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
 .It Sy username
 Login name.
 May contain only lowercase characters or digits.
-(See also the
-.Fl force
-option.)
 Maximum length
 is 16 characters (see
 .Xr setlogin 2
@@ -158,10 +154,6 @@ to read/execute/write
 .Pa prv ,
 .Pa iscreen ,
 .Pa term .
-.It Fl force , f
-Add a user even if the username contains illegal characters.
-Only semicolon or newline characters will be disallowed in
-usernames to avoid breaking the password file format.
 .It Fl group Ar login_group
 Login group.
 .Ar USER
@@ -197,8 +189,9 @@ Recommended for novice users.
 .Ql Pa #
 is a comment.
 .It Sy configuration file
-.Nm Adduser
-reads and writes this file.
+The
+.Nm
+utility reads and writes this file.
 See
 .Pa /etc/adduser.conf
 for more details.
@@ -233,7 +226,6 @@ logfile for adduser
 .Xr finger 1 ,
 .Xr passwd 1 ,
 .Xr setlogin 2 ,
-.Xr yp 4 ,
 .Xr aliases 5 ,
 .Xr group 5 ,
 .Xr login.conf 5 ,
@@ -242,10 +234,11 @@ logfile for adduser
 .Xr pw 8 ,
 .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
 .Xr rmuser 8 ,
-.Xr vipw 8
+.Xr vipw 8 ,
+.Xr yp 8
 .\" .Sh BUGS
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
 .Fx 2.1 .