From 1638722d556609d23e2e3253e14fa3dcfcdca601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sheldon Hearn Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:20:22 +0000 Subject: Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality of the typeset output, tend to make diffs harder to read and provide bad examples for new-comers to mdoc. --- chpass/chpass.1 | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'chpass/chpass.1') diff --git a/chpass/chpass.1 b/chpass/chpass.1 index 615751b..2722bb3 100644 --- a/chpass/chpass.1 +++ b/chpass/chpass.1 @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ in the format used by .Xr crypt 3 , as an argument. .It Fl e Ar expiretime -Change the account expire time. This option is used to set the expire time +Change the account expire time. +This option is used to set the expire time from a script as if it was done in the interactive editor. .It Fl s Ar newshell Attempt to change the user's shell to @@ -259,7 +260,8 @@ Currently, can only make changes to the NIS passwd maps through .Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8 , which normally only permits changes to a user's password, shell and GECOS -fields. Except when invoked by the super-user on the NIS master server, +fields. +Except when invoked by the super-user on the NIS master server, .Nm (and, similarly, .Xr passwd 1 ) @@ -270,7 +272,8 @@ add new records to the NIS passwd maps. Furthermore, .Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8 requires password authentication before it will make any -changes. The only user allowed to submit changes without supplying +changes. +The only user allowed to submit changes without supplying a password is the super-user on the NIS master server; all other users, including those with root privileges on NIS clients (and NIS slave servers) must enter a password. @@ -308,7 +311,8 @@ change any field. .Em "Password authentication is required" . .Nm Chpass will prompt for the user's NIS password before effecting -any changes. If the password is invalid, all changes will be +any changes. +If the password is invalid, all changes will be discarded. .Pp Exception: the super-user on the NIS master server is allowed to @@ -345,7 +349,8 @@ Users should use .Xr passwd 1 or .Xr yppasswd 1 -to change their NIS passwords. The super-user is allowed to specify +to change their NIS passwords. +The super-user is allowed to specify a new password (even though the .Dq Password: field does not show @@ -381,20 +386,24 @@ Specify a particular NIS domain. .Nm Chpass uses the system domain name by default, as set by the .Xr domainname 1 -command. The +command. +The .Fl d option can be used to override a default, or to specify a domain when the system domain name is not set. .It Fl h Ar host -Specify the name or address of an NIS server to query. Normally, +Specify the name or address of an NIS server to query. +Normally, .Nm will communicate with the NIS master host specified in the .Pa master.passwd or .Pa passwd -maps. On hosts that have not been configured as NIS clients, there is +maps. +On hosts that have not been configured as NIS clients, there is no way for the program to determine this information unless the user -provides the hostname of a server. Note that the specified hostname need +provides the hostname of a server. +Note that the specified hostname need not be that of the NIS master server; the name of any server, master or slave, in a given NIS domain will do. .Pp @@ -422,7 +431,8 @@ domain socket). The .Fl o flag can be used to force .Nm -to use the standard update mechanism instead. This option is provided +to use the standard update mechanism instead. +This option is provided mainly for testing purposes. .El .Pp -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451