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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-10 06:23:42 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-10 06:23:42 +0000
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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
-
-