Author: bjk (doc committer) Date: Mon Jun 25 22:39:37 2012 New Revision: 237581 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/237581
Log: Explicitly mention that setting the change and expiry times to zero is 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 Modified: head/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Modified: head/share/man/man5/passwd.5 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Mon Jun 25 22:22:39 2012 (r237580) +++ head/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Mon Jun 25 22:39:37 2012 (r237581) @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)passwd.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 8, 2007 +.Dd June 23, 2012 .Dt PASSWD 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ field is the number of seconds from the .Dv UTC , until the password for the account must be changed. -This field may be left empty to turn off the password aging feature. +This field may be left empty to turn off the password aging feature; +a value of zero is equivalent to leaving the field empty. .Pp The .Ar expire @@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ field is the number of seconds from the .Dv UTC , until the account expires. -This field may be left empty to turn off the account aging feature. +This field may be left empty to turn off the account aging feature; +a value of zero is equivalent to leaving the field empty. .Pp The .Ar gecos @@ -271,7 +273,8 @@ as it is done for system accounts, is to set its .Ar shell to -.Xr nologin 8 . +.Pa /sbin/nologin +.Pq see Xr nologin 8 . .Sh HESIOD SUPPORT If .Sq Li dns @@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ fields, the specified numbers will overr from the Hesiod domain or the .Tn NIS maps. -As well, if the +Likewise, if the .Ar gecos , .Ar dir or @@ -399,7 +402,8 @@ The additional fields .Ar change and .Ar expire -are added, but are turned off by default. +are added, but are turned off by default +.Pq setting these fields to zero is equivalent to leaving them blank . Class is currently not implemented, but change and expire are; to set them, use the current day in seconds from the epoch + whatever number of seconds of offset you want. _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
