summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-18 07:45:47 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-18 07:45:47 +0000
commit2a3644510ab8251d7f291c1ab0d939092cba0501 (patch)
tree102c33e585a8b589cf30591646762ac33232cc02 /usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
parentfbb730aa4fed9f43a7663507196c62a2c979c032 (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-2a3644510ab8251d7f291c1ab0d939092cba0501.zip
FreeBSD-src-2a3644510ab8251d7f291c1ab0d939092cba0501.tar.gz
Correct a few typos, including a mis-represented option (-s instead of
-h for NIS host). Submitted by: Peter Avalos <pavalos@theshell.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/passwd/passwd.18
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
index 707d934..06d6bec 100644
--- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
+++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ characters (which may be overridden using the
.if n "mixpasswordcase"
setting for a user's login class). Allowing lower case passwords may
be useful where the password file will be used in situations where only
-lower case passwords are permissable, such as when using Samba to
+lower case passwords are permissible, such as when using Samba to
authenticate Windows clients. In all other situations, numbers, upper
case letters and meta characters are encouraged.
.Pp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ domainname on the NIS master may not be set (it is not necessary for
an NIS server to also be a client) in which case the
.Nm passwd
command needs to be told what domain to operate on.
-.It Fl s Ar host
+.It Fl h Ar host
Specify the name of an NIS server.
This option, in conjunction
with the
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ the local domainname isn't set), the name of the NIS master is assumed to
be
.if t ``localhost''.
.if n "localhost".
-This can be overidden with the
-.Fl s
+This can be overridden with the
+.Fl h
flag.
The specified hostname need not be the name of an NIS master: the
name of the NIS master for a given map can be determined by querying any
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud