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Date:      Fri, 6 Jul 2012 03:44:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r238161 - stable/8/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <201207060344.q663ieNP037024@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: bjk (doc committer)
Date: Fri Jul  6 03:44:40 2012
New Revision: 238161
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/238161

Log:
  MFC r237581:
    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)

Modified:
  stable/8/share/man/man5/passwd.5
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/share/man/man5/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/share/man/man5/passwd.5
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/share/man/man5/passwd.5	Fri Jul  6 03:43:33 2012	(r238160)
+++ stable/8/share/man/man5/passwd.5	Fri Jul  6 03:44:40 2012	(r238161)
@@ -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
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ 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
@@ -212,7 +213,8 @@ 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
@@ -272,7 +274,8 @@ 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
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ 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
@@ -400,7 +403,8 @@ 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.



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