From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 12 09:19:12 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E44F32C for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:19:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boomer.ukrhub.net (boomer.ukrhub.net [94.125.121.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93D21CA4 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:19:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by boomer.ukrhub.net (Postfix, from userid 58) id D11F824DC63; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:12:21 +0200 (EET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on teta.ukrhub.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=8.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from gamma.ukrhub.net (unknown [10.100.1.91]) by boomer.ukrhub.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A48524DC5E for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:12:19 +0200 (EET) Received: from gamma.ukrhub.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gamma.ukrhub.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rBC9CCL7086378 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:12:12 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ds@ukrhub.net) Received: (from ds@localhost) by gamma.ukrhub.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rBC9CCX7086377 for freebsd-doc@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:12:12 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ds@ukrhub.net) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:12:12 +0200 From: Taras Korenko To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: en/handbook/basics: proposed corrections #2 Message-ID: <20131212091212.GC85778@gamma.ukrhub.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0F1p//8PRICkK4MW" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Taras Korenko List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:19:12 -0000 --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-u Content-Disposition: inline Good day, doc@ folks. The following notes were made while working on translation of "Users and Basic Account Management" of our handbook. I'd like to put them into the source file (basics/chapter.xml). Could anyone review that? P.S.: my (xml-style) comments are denoted with 'XXX skipme:'. -- WBR, Taras Korenko --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=koi8-u Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="03.en.hb.basics.diff" Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml (revision 43325) +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml (working copy) @@ -455,9 +455,11 @@ used to uniquely identify the user to the &os; system. Commands that allow a user name to be specified will first convert it to the UID. It is - recommended to use a UID of 65535 or lower as higher - UIDs may cause compatibility issues with software that - does not support integers larger than 32-bits. + recommended to use a UID less than 65535, since higher + values may cause compatibility issues with some + software. + @@ -486,7 +488,7 @@ mechanism that provide additional flexibility when tailoring the system to different users. Login classes are discussed further in - + . @@ -522,7 +524,7 @@ The user name uniquely identifies the account to &os;, but does not necessarily reflect the user's real name. Similar to a comment, this information can - contain a space, uppercase characters, and be more + contain spaces, uppercase characters, and be more than 8 characters long. @@ -637,7 +639,7 @@ &os; provides a variety of different commands to manage user accounts. The most common commands are summarized in - Table 4.1, followed by some examples of their usage. Refer to + the subsequent table, followed by some examples of their usage. Refer to the manual page for each utility for more details and usage examples. @@ -714,7 +716,7 @@ /usr/share/skel, and can optionally mail the new user a welcome message. This utility must be run as the - superuser. + superuser. The &man.adduser.8; utility is interactive and walks through the steps for creating a new user account. As seen @@ -725,8 +727,10 @@ been invited into the wheel group, which is required to provide the account with superuser - access. When finished, the utility will prompt to either + access using &man.su.1;. When finished, the utility will prompt to either create another user or to exit. + Adding a User on &os; --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW--