From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 06:20:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64CD516A4CF for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:20:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F06A43D3F for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:20:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0KEKBFR058269 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:20:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0KEKA6P058268; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:20:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:20:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200401201420.i0KEKA6P058268@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Ceri Davies Subject: Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ceri Davies List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:20:14 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/61628; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies To: Marian Cerny Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:16:54 +0000 On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:18:33AM -0800, Marian Cerny wrote: > Users must type in ther original password before changing their > password, to prevent an unauthorized person from changing their password > when the user is away from their console. > > I think that "... their password, to prevent ..." should be written > without coma: "... their password to prevent ..." Losing the comma would result in a grammatically correct, though unwieldy, sentence. The easiest way to deal with is to move "before changing their password," to the beginning of the sentence. Ceri --