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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-16 14:11:41 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-16 14:11:41 +0000
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mdoc(7) police: simplify bogus ``.Ql Fl'' constructs.
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diff --git a/pw/pw.8 b/pw/pw.8
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@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ to automatically allocate the uid to a new user with
then you should
.Em not
use the
-.Ql Fl u
+.Fl u
option.
You may also provide either the account or userid immediately after the
.Ar useradd ,
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ You may also provide either the account or userid immediately after the
or
.Ar usershow
keywords on the command line without using the
-.Ql Fl n
+.Fl n
or
-.Ql Fl u
+.Fl u
options.
.El
.Pp
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Set the account's password expiration date.
This field is similar to the account expiration date option, except that it
applies to forced password changes.
This is set in the same manner as the
-.Ql Fl e
+.Fl e
option.
.It Fl g Ar group
Set the account's primary group to the given group.
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ The new home directory is populated with the contents of the
directory, which typically contains a set of shell configuration files that the
user may personalize to taste.
When
-.Ql Fl m
+.Fl m
is used on an account with
.Ar usermod ,
existing configuration files in the user's home directory are
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@ overwritten from the skeleton files.
When a user's home directory is created, it will by default be a subdirectory of the
.Ar basehome
directory as specified by the
-.Ql Fl b
+.Fl b
option (see below), bearing the name of the new account.
This can be overridden by the
-.Ql Fl d
+.Fl d
option on the command line, if desired.
.It Fl k Ar dir
Set the
@@ -436,9 +436,9 @@ Set the
directory, from which basic startup and configuration files are copied when
the user's home directory is created.
This option only has meaning when used with the
-.Ql Fl d
+.Fl d
or
-.Ql Fl m
+.Fl m
flags.
.It Fl s Ar shell
Set or changes the user's login shell to
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ all possess mechanisms by which this can be done.
Alternatively,
.Nm
will prompt for the user's password if
-.Ql Fl h Ar 0
+.Fl h Ar 0
is given, nominating
.Em stdin
as the file descriptor on which to read the password.
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ It is possible to use
.Ar useradd
to create a new account that duplicates an existing user id.
While this is normally considered an error and will be rejected, the
-.Ql Fl o
+.Fl o
option overrides the check for duplicates and allows the duplication of
the user id.
This may be useful if you allow the same user to login under
@@ -521,21 +521,21 @@ permissions for access to the user's files in each account.
The
.Ar useradd
command also has the ability to set new user and group defaults by using the
-.Ql Fl D
+.Fl D
option.
Instead of adding a new user,
.Nm
writes a new set of defaults to its configuration file,
.Pa /etc/pw.conf .
When using the
-.Ql Fl D
+.Fl D
option, you must not use either
-.Ql Fl n Ar name
+.Fl n Ar name
or
-.Ql Fl u Ar uid
+.Fl u Ar uid
or an error will result.
Use of
-.Ql Fl D
+.Fl D
changes the meaning of several command line switches in the
.Ar useradd
command.
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ These are:
Set default values in
.Pa /etc/pw.conf
configuration file, or a different named configuration file if the
-.Ql Fl C Ar config
+.Fl C Ar config
option is used.
.It Fl b Ar dir
Set the root directory in which user home directories are created.
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ but it may be set elsewhere as desired.
.It Fl e Ar days
Set the default account expiration period in days.
Unlike use without
-.Ql Fl D ,
+.Fl D ,
the argument must be numeric, which specifies the number of days after creation when
the account is to expire.
A value of 0 suppresses automatic calculation of the expiry date.
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Set the default password expiration period in days.
.It Fl g Ar group
Set the default group for new users.
If a blank group is specified using
-.Ql Fl g Ar \&"" ,
+.Fl g Ar \&"" ,
then new users will be allocated their own private primary group
with the same name as their login name.
If a group is supplied, either its name or uid may be given as an argument.
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ and numbers greater than 32000 may also be reserved for special purposes (used b
some system daemons).
.It Fl w Ar method
The
-.Ql Fl w
+.Fl w
option sets the default method used to set passwords for newly created user accounts.
.Ar method
is one of:
@@ -648,9 +648,9 @@ The
.Ar userdel
command has only three valid options.
The
-.Ql Fl n Ar name
+.Fl n Ar name
and
-.Ql Fl u Ar uid
+.Fl u Ar uid
options have already been covered above.
The additional option is:
.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ By default, the format is identical to the format used in
with the password field replaced with a
.Ql \&* .
If the
-.Ql Fl P
+.Fl P
option is used, then
.Nm
outputs the account details in a more human readable form.
The
-.Ql Fl a
+.Fl a
option lists all users currently on file.
.Pp
The command
@@ -703,9 +703,9 @@ that use
.Pp
.Sh GROUP OPTIONS
The
-.Ql Fl C
+.Fl C
and
-.Ql Fl q
+.Fl q
options (explained at the start of the previous section) are available
with the group manipulation commands.
Other common options to all group-related commands are:
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ groupmod).
is a comma separated list of valid and existing user names or uids.
.It Fl m Ar newmembers
Similar to
-.Ql Fl M ,
+.Fl M ,
this option allows the
.Em addition
of existing users to a group without replacing the existing list of
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ silently eliminated.
.Pp
.Ar groupadd
also has a
-.Ql Fl o
+.Fl o
option that allows allocation of an existing group id to a new group.
The default action is to reject an attempt to add a group, and this option overrides
the check for duplicate group ids.
@@ -762,9 +762,9 @@ Options for
are the same as for
.Ar usershow ,
with the
-.Ql Fl g Ar gid
+.Fl g Ar gid
replacing
-.Ql Fl u Ar uid
+.Fl u Ar uid
to specify the group id.
.Pp
The command
@@ -785,10 +785,10 @@ and
.Ar unlock
commands take a user name or uid of the account to lock or unlock,
respectively. The
-.Ql Fl V ,
-.Ql Fl C ,
+.Fl V ,
+.Fl C ,
and
-.Ql Fl q
+.Fl q
options as described above are accepted by these commands.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Nm Pw