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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-10 06:27:07 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-10 06:27:07 +0000
commitb93d92dbcd6b74a963fa228fcb3e6c8148017b1a (patch)
tree637981f27cf8061dedd767833027d1860432d104 /usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
parentc4198a70c7f56d54ec13a8e63e0f03bb8ad51d5d (diff)
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Staticize usage(). Cosmetics.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8 b/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
index ce40d0c..589d0e9 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ creates
.Xr db 3
style secure and insecure databases for the specified file.
These databases are then installed into
-.Dq Pa /etc/spwd.db
+.Pa /etc/spwd.db
and
-.Dq Pa /etc/pwd.db
+.Pa /etc/pwd.db
respectively.
The file is installed into
-.Dq Pa /etc/master.passwd .
+.Pa /etc/master.passwd .
The file must be in the correct format (see
.Xr passwd 5 ) .
It is important to note that the format used in this system is
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Check if the password file is in the correct format. Do not
change, add, or remove any files.
.It Fl p
Create a Version 7 style password file and install it into
-.Dq Pa /etc/passwd .
+.Pa /etc/passwd .
.It Fl d Ar directory
Store databases into specified destination directory instead of
-.Dq Pa /etc .
+.Pa /etc .
.It Fl u Ar username
Only update the record for the specified user. Utilities that
operate on a single user can use this option to avoid the
@@ -103,17 +103,17 @@ A Version 7 format password file.
.El
.Sh BUGS
Because of the necessity for atomic update of the password files,
-.Nm pwd_mkdb
+.Nm
uses
.Xr rename 2
to install them.
This, however, requires that the file specified on the command line live
on the same file system as the
-.Dq Pa /etc
+.Pa /etc
directory.
.Pp
There are the obvious races with multiple people running
-.Nm pwd_mkdb
+.Nm
on different password files at the same time.
The front-ends to
.Nm pwd_mkdb ,
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