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author | Matthew Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-12-13 02:47:00 +0000 |
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committer | Matthew Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-12-13 02:47:00 +0000 |
commit | f4b12e0a085978a864644781bb169afa8234b3d7 (patch) | |
tree | 70e68ead34571ffb24151711a353ac5b12c4b86d /usr.bin | |
parent | 9a0d08d5996ef07586ebac0960c7db3406882ed7 (diff) | |
download | src-f4b12e0a085978a864644781bb169afa8234b3d7.tar.gz src-f4b12e0a085978a864644781bb169afa8234b3d7.zip |
PR: docs/9045
Update chpass(1) manual page. Change the definition of the class
field and also reorganize the field list to match that of the
/etc/master.passwd file, to avoid confusion.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=41715
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 | 58 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 b/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 index c810f9bffcad..a03c80aa98aa 100644 --- a/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 +++ b/usr.bin/chpass/chpass.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)chpass.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93 -.\" $Id: chpass.1,v 1.7.2.4 1998/08/14 03:38:01 thepish Exp $ +.\" $Id: chpass.1,v 1.11 1998/08/14 03:47:38 thepish Exp $ .\" .Dd December 30, 1993 .Dt CHPASS 1 @@ -88,26 +88,30 @@ user's encrypted password user's login .It Gid: user's login group +.It Class: +user's general classification .It Change: password change time .It Expire: account expiration time -.It Class: -user's general classification -.It Home Directory: -user's home directory -.It Shell: -user's login shell .It Full Name: user's real name .It Location: -user's normal location +user's normal location (1) .It Home Phone: -user's home phone +user's home phone (1) .It Office Phone: -user's office phone +user's office phone (1) .It Other Information: -any locally defined parameters for user +any locally defined parameters for user (1) +.It Home Directory: +user's home directory +.It Shell: +user's login shell +.Pp +.It NOTE(1) - +In the actual master.passwd file, these fields are comma-delimited +fields embedded in the FullName field. .El .Pp The @@ -141,6 +145,13 @@ This field may be filled in with either a number or a group name (see .Xr group 5 ) . .Pp The +.Ar class +field references class descriptions in +.Ar /etc/login.conf +and is typically used to initialize the user's system resource limits +when they login. +.Pp +The .Ar change field is the date by which the password must be changed. .Pp @@ -160,12 +171,15 @@ is the day of the month, and .Ar year is the year. .Pp -The -.Ar class -field is currently unused. In the near future it will be a key to -a -.Xr termcap 5 -style database of user attributes. +Five fields are available for storing the user's +.Ar full name , office location , +.Ar work +and +.Ar home telephone +numbers and finally +.Ar other information +which is a single comma delimited string to represent any additional +gcos fields (typically used for site specific user information). .Pp The user's .Ar home directory @@ -186,16 +200,6 @@ shell. Non-standard is defined as a shell not found in .Pa /etc/shells . .Pp -The last five fields are for storing the user's -.Ar full name , office location , -.Ar work -and -.Ar home telephone -numbers and finally -.Ar other information -which is a single comma delimited string to represent any additional -gcos fields (typically used for site specific user information). -.Pp Once the information has been verified, .Nm chpass uses |