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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2005-02-23 22:11:59 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2005-02-23 22:11:59 +0000
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Make it more obvious that cap_mkdb(1) is required to rebuild the database.
PR: 76981 Submitted by: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org>
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diff --git a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
index adb2328..c8ebd02 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
+++ b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ All names but the last should be in lower case and contain no blanks;
the last name may contain upper case characters and blanks for
readability.
.Pp
+The
+.Pa /etc/login.conf
+file is not referenced directly by
+.Xr login 1
+so changes will not take effect until
+.Xr cap_mkdb 1
+is used to compile the file into a database.
See
.Xr getcap 3
for a more in-depth description of the format of a capability database.
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