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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
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Use `The .Nm utility'
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=95124
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diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
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@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl o
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Passwd
-changes the user's local, Kerberos, or NIS password.
+The
+.Nm
+utility changes the user's local, Kerberos, or NIS password.
If the user is not the super-user,
.Nm
first prompts for the current password and will not continue unless the correct
@@ -58,8 +59,9 @@ password is entered.
.Pp
When entering the new password, the characters entered do not echo, in order to
avoid the password being seen by a passer-by.
+The
.Nm
-prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors.
+utility prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors.
.Pp
The new password should be at least six characters long (which
may be overridden using the
@@ -106,8 +108,9 @@ followed by
The super-user is not required to provide a user's current password
if only the local password is modified.
.Sh NIS INTERACTION
-.Nm Passwd
-has built-in support for NIS.
+The
+.Nm
+utility has built-in support for NIS.
If a user exists in the NIS password
database but does not exist locally,
.Nm