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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 index 068c5d9..d4924fa 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: getusershell.3,v 1.6 1999/03/22 19:44:42 garbled Exp $ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -30,16 +33,15 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)getusershell.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd January 16, 1999 .Dt GETUSERSHELL 3 -.Os BSD 4.3 +.Os .Sh NAME .Nm getusershell , .Nm setusershell , .Nm endusershell -.Nd get legal user shells +.Nd get valid user shells .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS @@ -54,18 +56,16 @@ The .Fn getusershell function -returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the -system manager in the file -.Pa /etc/shells . -If -.Pa /etc/shells -is unreadable or does not exist, +returns a pointer to a valid user shell as defined by the +system manager in the shells database as described in +.Xr shells 5 . +If the shells database is not available, .Fn getusershell behaves as if .Pa /bin/sh and .Pa /bin/csh -were listed in the file. +were listed. .Pp The .Fn getusershell @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ The routine returns a null pointer (0) on .Dv EOF . .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , .Xr shells 5 .Sh HISTORY The @@ -96,7 +97,6 @@ function appeared in The .Fn getusershell function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns -a pointer to that object. -Subsequent calls to +a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to .Fn getusershell will modify the same object. |
