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| author |   David Nugent <davidn@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-23 07:15:11 +0000 |
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| committer | David Nugent <davidn@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-23 07:15:11 +0000 |
| commit | 9b902300660a81e65108ffaa5289722e09526d43 (patch) | |
| tree | 4debe9fd3ea8e8f60b866076ba6adeeccdcf21f8 /pw/pw.8 | |
| parent | b4807366e2f2f1d630c4f6afaf65ce9941db6c84 (diff) | |
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1) Do not blindly ignore file update errors which may occur due to concurrent
updating
2) Add -V <etcdir>, which allows maintaining user/group database in alternate
locations other than /etc.
Diffstat (limited to 'pw/pw.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | pw/pw.8 | 29 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: pw.8,v 1.14 1998/08/31 04:49:04 jkoshy Exp $ +.\" $Id: pw.8,v 1.15 1998/09/18 04:45:43 jkoshy Exp $ .\" .Dd December 9, 1996 .Dt PW 8 @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ .Nd create, remove, modify & display system users and groups .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar useradd .Op name|uid .Op Fl C Ar config @@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ .Op Fl P .Op Fl Y .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar useradd .Op name|uid .Fl D @@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ .Op Fl s Ar shell .Op Fl y Ar path .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar userdel .Op name|uid .Op Fl n Ar name @@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ .Op Fl r .Op Fl Y .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar usermod .Op name|uid .Op Fl C Ar config @@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ .Op Fl P .Op Fl Y .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar usershow .Op name|uid .Op Fl n Ar name @@ -109,10 +114,12 @@ .Op Fl P .Op Fl a .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar usernext .Op Fl C Ar config .Op Fl q .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar groupadd .Op group|gid .Op Fl C Ar config @@ -126,12 +133,14 @@ .Op Fl P .Op Fl Y .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar groupdel .Op group|gid .Op Fl n Ar name .Op Fl g Ar gid .Op Fl Y .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar groupmod .Op group|gid .Op Fl C Ar config @@ -147,6 +156,7 @@ .Op Fl P .Op Fl Y .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar groupshow .Op group|gid .Op Fl n Ar name @@ -155,6 +165,7 @@ .Op Fl P .Op Fl a .Nm pw +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir .Ar groupnext .Op Fl C Ar config .Op Fl q @@ -208,9 +219,23 @@ id as an alternative to using the .Fl g Ar gid options. .Pp -The following flags are common to most modes of operation; +The following flags are common to most or all modes of operation; .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist" +.It Fl V Ar etcdir +This flag sets an alternate location for the password, group and configuration files, +and may be used to maintain a user/group database in an alternate location. +If this switch is specified, the system +.Pa /etc/pw.conf +will not be sourced for default configuration data, but the file pw.conf in the +specified directory will be used instead (or none, if it does not exist). +The +.Fl C +flag may be used to override this behaviour. +As an exception to the general rule where options must follow the operation +type, the +.Fl V +flag may be used on the command line before the operation keyword. .It Fl C Ar config By default, .Nm |