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author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-10 06:23:42 +0000 |
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committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-10 06:23:42 +0000 |
commit | 1c918146f943052c1876cdc9983597efd1b4964f (patch) | |
tree | e6aed6e87f21afda2b7878dcf24011c58ab590c6 /pw/pw.conf.5 | |
parent | 50c3b63a06a56b18c07951482d88b5d383ea5238 (diff) | |
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Use err(3) instead of local redefinition. Add rcsid string.
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diff --git a/pw/pw.conf.5 b/pw/pw.conf.5 index 2b885e5..c06f040 100644 --- a/pw/pw.conf.5 +++ b/pw/pw.conf.5 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.6 1997/02/22 16:12:26 peter Exp $ .\" .Dd December 9, 1996 .Dt PW.CONF 5 @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ files, allowing users and groups to be added, deleted and changed. This file may be modified via the .Xr pw 8 command using the -.Ql \&useradd +.Ar useradd command and the -.Ql \&-D +.Fl D option, or by editing it directly with a text editor. .Pp Each line in @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Keywords recognised by are: .Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact .It defaultpasswd -affects passwords generated for new users +affect passwords generated for new users .It reuseuids reuse gaps in uid sequences .It reusegids @@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ days after which password expires .Pp Valid values for .Ar defaultpasswd -are +are: .Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact .It no -disables login on newly created accounts +disable login on newly created accounts .It yes -forces the password to be the account name +force the password to be the account name .It none -forces a blank password +force a blank password .It random -Generates a random password +generate a random password .El .Pp The second and third options are insecure and should be avoided if @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ The final option causes .Xr pw 8 to respond by printing a randomly generated password on stdout. This is the preferred and most secure option. -.Xr pw 8 +.Xr Pw 8 also provides a method of setting a specific password for the new user via a filehandle (command lines are not secure). .Pp @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ previous user or group deletions. Note that if the default group is not specified using the .Ar defaultgroup keyword, -Xr pw 8 +.Xr pw 8 will create a new group for the user and attempt to keep the new user's uid and gid the same. If the new user's uid is currently in use as a group id, then the next @@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ new home directory is constructed. This is .Pa /usr/share/skel by default. -.Xr pw 8 's -.Ql \&-m +.Xr Pw 8 's +.Fl m option causes the user's home directory to be created and populated using the files contained in the .Ar skeleton @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ file. This is useful where all users share some resources, and is preferable to placing users into the same primary group. The effect of this keyword can be overridden using the -.Ql \&-G +.Fl G option on the .Xr pw 8 command line. @@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ minimum and maximum respectively. The user and group id's actually used when creating an account with .Xr pw 8 may be overridden using the -.Ql \&-u +.Fl u and -.Ql \&-g +.Fl g command line options. .Pp The @@ -299,5 +299,3 @@ as comments. .Xr login.conf 5 , .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr pw 8 - - |