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* Correct the document date for last change.wblock2014-06-051-1/+1
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* Correct the description of characters allowed. Based on pw_checkname inwblock2014-05-291-7/+17
| | | | | | | | | | usr.sbin/pw/pw_user.c. Modified version of patch submitted by venture37. PR: docs/47594 Submitted by: Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@mecon.gov.ar>, venture37 <venture37@geeklan.co.uk> Reviewed by: allanjude, bcr, brueffer (on phabricator) MFC after: 1 week
* multiple: Remove 3rd clause from BSD license where approved by theeadler2014-03-141-5/+1
| | | | | | | | | regents and renumber. This patch skips files in contrib/ and crypto/ Acked by: imp Discussed with: emaste
* Explicitly mention that setting the change and expiry times to zero isbjk2012-06-251-6/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | equivalent to leaving the time unset. [1] Wordsmith in the compat support section. Use a full path to nologin(8) in the context of setting it as a user's shell, keeping a separate cross-reference. PR: docs/169354 [1] Approved by: hrs (mentor) MFC after: 3 weeks
* Fix typoskevlo2012-02-281-1/+1
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* mdoc: drop redundant .Pp and .LP callsuqs2010-10-081-1/+0
| | | | They have no effect when coming in pairs, or before .Bl/.Bd
* Add .Li mark-up to Hesiod, NIS, and nsswitch keywords so that they stand outyar2007-05-081-26/+26
| | | | when the manpage is read via an advanced output device.
* Add nsswitch.conf(5) xref to SEE ALSO as it's mentioned in the text.yar2007-05-081-0/+1
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* Mark up text consistently.yar2007-05-081-37/+81
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* Document the current practice of locking and disabling accountsyar2007-05-081-16/+32
| | | | through passwd(5).
* A single `*' character doesn't disable *ANY* form of authentication.keramida2005-09-191-1/+5
| | | | | | Make sure that this is clearly stated. Prodded by: simon, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>
* Explain the use of `*' in master.passwd and that it's slightlykeramida2005-09-181-1/+11
| | | | | | | | different from the use of `*' in /etc/passwd. PR: docs/86234 Submitted by: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@above.proper.com> MFC after: 1 week
* Add xrefs to crypt(3) and pw(8) and add a warning about not manuallytrhodes2005-02-081-2/+8
| | | | | | | altering passwd related files. PR: 74656 Submitted by: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> (original version)
* Sort sections.ru2005-01-211-21/+21
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* Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks and double whitespaces.ru2004-07-031-7/+14
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* Login classes are not "unused."dannyboy2004-03-211-1/+2
| | | | | | | Reference login.conf(5). PR: 62830 Submitted by: Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
* Add missing . to mandoc macrokeramida2003-01-151-1/+1
| | | | | PR: docs/47092 Submitted by: SUZUKI Koichi <koich@cac.co.jp>
* mdoc(7) police: scheduled sweep.ru2002-11-291-1/+1
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* Fix formatting bogon.dd2002-11-051-2/+2
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* Undelete FILES section (taken from RELENG_4), primarily to give thedd2002-11-051-0/+15
| | | | | | location of the passwd and master.passwd files. Submitted by: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
* master.passwd, not master.passworddd2002-11-051-1/+1
| | | | Submitted by: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com>
* yp(4) -> yp(8).ru2002-01-141-2/+2
| | | | PR: docs/30797
* mdoc(7) police: Fixed broken xrefs.ru2001-08-221-2/+2
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* Removed whitespace at end-of-line; no content changes. I simply didschweikh2001-07-141-7/+7
| | | | | | | | | | cd src/share; find man[1-9] -type f|xargs perl -pi -e 's/[ \t]+$//' BTW, what editors are the culprits? I'm using vim and it shows me whitespace at EOL in troff files with a thick blue block... Reviewed by: Silence from cvs diff -b MFC after: 7 days
* mdoc(7) police: split punctuation characters + misc fixes.ru2001-02-011-1/+1
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* mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.ru2000-11-201-1/+1
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* Add nsswitch support. By creating an /etc/nsswitch.conf file, you cannectar2000-09-061-640/+186
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | configure FreeBSD so that various databases such as passwd and group can be looked up using flat files, NIS, or Hesiod. = Hesiod has been added to libc (see hesiod(3)). = A library routine for parsing nsswitch.conf and invoking callback functions as specified has been added to libc (see nsdispatch(3)). = The following C library functions have been modified to use nsdispatch: . getgrent, getgrnam, getgrgid . getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid . getusershell . getaddrinfo . gethostbyname, gethostbyname2, gethostbyaddr . getnetbyname, getnetbyaddr . getipnodebyname, getipnodebyaddr, getnodebyname, getnodebyaddr = host.conf has been removed from src/etc. rc.network has been modified to warn that host.conf is no longer used at boot time. In addition, if there is a host.conf but no nsswitch.conf, the latter is created at boot time from the former. Obtained from: NetBSD
* Use consistent markup for literals and quoted metasyntactic variables.wollman2000-06-301-65/+144
| | | | Left unfixed: `NIS' should be marked up as a tradename.
* Spell `99%' correctly.wollman2000-06-301-1/+1
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* Fix spelling of `whose'.wollman2000-06-301-1/+1
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* Remove more single-space hard sentence breaks.sheldonh2000-03-021-35/+70
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* $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$peter1999-08-281-1/+1
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* Various man page cleanup:mpp1999-08-151-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | - Sort xrefs - FreeBSD.ORG -> FreeBSD.org - Be consistent with section names as outlined in mdoc(7). - Other misc mdoc cleanup. PR: doc/13144 Submitted by: Alexey M. Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
* Fix poor heading format.grog1999-04-221-3/+2
| | | | | Submitted-by: Matthew Fuller <fullermd@over-yonder.net> PR: docs/11271
* Sort cross references.wosch1998-08-311-3/+3
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* misc. spelling and grammar gnits.hoek1998-06-281-9/+9
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* Correct the description of the last four fields.steve1998-06-131-2/+2
| | | | | PR: 6926 Submitted by: Josh Gilliam <josh@quick.net>
* Removed misleading claim that login classes are no longer implemented.jkoshy1998-05-151-5/+7
| | | | Added Xref to pw(8).
* Add login.conf(5) to "SEE ALSO".obrien1997-10-071-1/+2
| | | | | | ISSUES: An example and better explansion on how to use login classes is needed in both passwd.5 and login.conf.5.
* Minor mdoc cleanup - don't use .Pa for non-pathname items.mpp1997-03-211-2/+2
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* Use the .Fx macro for FreeBSD references for releases prior to 2.0.mpp1997-03-211-44/+110
| | | | | Use the .Tn macro for generic FreeBSD references. Cleanup other formatting problems noticed while making the above changes.
* Add some text regarding security issues when using a shellmpp1997-03-141-2/+15
| | | | script as the login shell. Closes PR# 2978.
* Oops. I misread some commit mail - remove the blurb about commentsmpp1997-03-121-5/+2
| | | | in passwd/group not being enabled by default.
* Improve the wording of the section on comments in the group and passwdmpp1997-03-121-5/+8
| | | | | | | files. Also mention that this feature is not enabled by default and that they must be enabled by compile-time options. Fixed another typo or two I noticed while I was at it.
* Document comments.wosch1997-03-091-1/+7
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* Revert $FreeBSD$ back to $Id$peter1997-02-221-1/+1
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* Update manpage; corrections, clarifications and login class (with xref).davidn1997-02-101-10/+27
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* Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$jkh1997-01-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!) avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long. Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been insane otherwise.
* Sort cross references.wosch1996-12-261-5/+5
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* Minor formatting/style fixes.mpp1996-12-091-1/+0
| | | | Submitted by: Sandro Sigala <sandro@cat.local.net> as part of PR # 2134
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