Specify the correct way to modify this file, and warn that the

user should not depend on the internal variables documented in
this man page.

MFC After: 2 weeks

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5
index c00666d..8a1c717 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@
 .Xr adduser 8
 configuration file
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The 
+.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
+file is automatically generated by the
+.Xr adduser 8
+utility when invoked with the
+.Fl C
+command-line option.
+It is not meant to be edit by hand.
+.Pp
 The
 .Pa /etc/adduser.conf
 file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for
@@ -161,7 +170,7 @@ option.
 .It Va ugecos
 The default information to be held in the GECOS field of
 .Pa /etc/master.passwd .
-.It Va uuid
+.It Va uidstart
 The default user ID setting.
 This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
 .El
@@ -199,6 +208,14 @@ The
 .Nm
 manual page first appeared in
 .Fx 5.3 .
+.Sh BUGS
+The internal variables documented here may change without notice.
+Do not rely on them.
+To modify this file invoke
+.Xr adduser 8
+with the
+.Fl C
+option instead.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 This manual page was written by
 .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .