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| author | Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-06-25 22:39:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-06-25 22:39:37 +0000 |
| commit | ca434adf56fbcf42ad1202e7f97e155bbcdb9b71 (patch) | |
| tree | 2116225326ddab3ca49f893aa6a940308567dee1 /share/man/man5/passwd.5 | |
| parent | 70840a510a1e4b505ed1125dc8bb7ca538b7a03c (diff) | |
| download | src-ca434adf56fbcf42ad1202e7f97e155bbcdb9b71.tar.gz src-ca434adf56fbcf42ad1202e7f97e155bbcdb9b71.zip | |
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
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=237581
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5/passwd.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/passwd.5 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/passwd.5 b/share/man/man5/passwd.5 index 228c4e33a32e..c49b0f73b01a 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/passwd.5 @@ -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 epoch, .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 epoch, .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 override the information retrieved 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. |