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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/vipw')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 index 19eafaf..2e06321 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ The editor specified by the string .Ev EDITOR will be invoked instead of the default editor .Xr vi 1 . +This can be used to allow a script to non-interactively modify the +password file. .It Ev PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS See .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 . @@ -108,3 +110,10 @@ The .Nm utility appeared in .Bx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +The mechanism for checking for password file modifications requires that +.Ev EDITOR +run for at least one second. +Non-interactive editor scripts should invoke +.Xr sleep 1 +or equivalent to insure this happens. |
