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authorJordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-01-09 11:32:01 +0000
committerJordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1995-01-09 11:32:01 +0000
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Correct some of the english.
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" Bugs: sure (my english!)
.\" Email: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
.\"
-.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.4 1995/01/08 17:40:20 w Exp w $
+.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.5 1995/01/09 11:26:30 jkh Exp $
.\"
.Dd Jan, 9, 1995
@@ -43,24 +43,24 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Adduser
-is a simple program for adding new users. Adduser check
-passwd, group and shell database. It create passwd/group entry,
-HOME-directory, dotfiles and send new user a welcome message.
+is a simple program for adding new users. Adduser checks
+the passwd, group and shell database files. It create a passwd/group entry,
+HOME directory, copies dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
-.Sh RESTRICTION
+.Sh RESTRICTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Sy username
-Login name. Only lowercase characters or digits.
+Login name may be only lowercase characters or digits.
.It Sy fullname
-Firstname an surname.
+First and last name.
.Ql Pa \:
not allowed.
.It Sy shell
Only valid shells from shell database.
.It Sy uid
-Automatic generated.
+Automatically generated.
.It Sy gid
-Automatic generated. Gid and uid are equal (if possible). Groupname
+Automatically generated. Gid and uid are equal (if possible). Groupname
is the same as username.
.El
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Parse command line options
.It Fl help
Print options and exit.
.It Fl silent
-Few warnings, question, bugreports.
+Few warnings, question, bug reports.
.It Fl verbose
-Many warning, question. Recommended for noivice users.
+Many warnings and questions. Recommended for novice users.
.It Fl debug
Debuging.
.It Fl noconfig
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Default home partition where all users located.
.It Fl shell Ar shell
Default shell for new users.
.It Fl dotdir Ar directory
-Copy files from .Ar directory into the HOME-directory of new users.
+Copy files from .Ar directory into the HOME directory of new users.
.Ql Pa dot.foo
files renamed to
.Ql Pa .foo