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author | mtm <mtm@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-06-06 17:55:55 +0000 |
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committer | mtm <mtm@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-06-06 17:55:55 +0000 |
commit | 1b8e607cd5c23d1560c6b3a787fa00aef38ff45c (patch) | |
tree | 9517378d1c73d90d813ecf5cabc5750f9e0770bf /usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 | |
parent | ee4a7e8b45816004c4b84ae9116b0feabc7a100d (diff) | |
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Accept full path names in addition to base names for shells.
Make explicit in the documentation that valid shells need to be
supplied only if the -S option is not given.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 index 2f883f6..a87e6af 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 @@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ The .Ql \&: character is not allowed. .It shell -Only valid shells from the shell database +Unless the +.Fl S +argument is supplied only valid shells from the shell database .Pq Pa /etc/shells are allowed. -In -addition, only the base name of the shell is necessary, not the full path. +In addition, +either the base name or the full path of the shell may be supplied. .It UID Automatically generated or your choice. It must be less than 32000. @@ -245,10 +247,10 @@ standard output. Default shell for new users. The .Ar shell -argument must be the base name of the shell, -.Em not -the full path. -It must exist in +argument may be the base name of the shell or the full path. +Unless the +.Fl S +argument is supplied the shell must exist in .Pa /etc/shells or be the special shell .Em nologin @@ -372,7 +374,8 @@ is understood to mean that no home directory is to be created for the user. .It Ar shell Login shell. -This field should contain the full path to a valid login shell. +This field should contain either the base name or +the full path to a valid login shell. .It Ar password User password. This field should contain a plaintext string, which will |