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Diffstat (limited to 'pw/pw.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | pw/pw.8 | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 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 1.3 1996/12/10 00:21:28 joerg Exp $ +.\" $Id: pw.8,v 1.4 1996/12/11 00:07:19 joerg Exp $ .\" .Dd December 9, 1996 .Dt PW 8 @@ -760,6 +760,26 @@ For a summary of options available with each command, you can use For example, .Dl pw useradd help lists all available options for the useradd operation. +.Pp +.Nm pw +allows 8-bit characters in the passwd gecos field (user's full name, +office, work and home phone number subfields), but disallows them in +user login and group names. +Use 8-bit characters with caution, as connection to the internet will +require that your mail transport program supports 8BITMIME, and will +convert headers containing 8-bit characters to 7-bit quoted-printable +format. +.Xr sendmail 8 +does support this. +Use of 8-bit characters in the gecos field should be used in +conjunction with the user's default locale and character set +and should not be implemented without their use. +Using 8-bit characters may also affect other +programs that transmit the contents of the gecos field over the +internet, such as +.Xr fingerd 8 , +and a small number of tcpip clients, such as irc, where fullnames +specified in the passwd file may be used by default. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd.new -compact .It Pa /etc/master.passwd |