Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 03:56:46 +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-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r238162 - stable/9/share/man/man5 Message-ID: <201207060356.q663ukLp037549@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk (doc committer) Date: Fri Jul 6 03:56:45 2012 New Revision: 238162 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/238162 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: re (hrs), hrs (mentor) Modified: stable/9/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Directory Properties: stable/9/share/man/man5/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/share/man/man5/passwd.5 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Fri Jul 6 03:44:40 2012 (r238161) +++ stable/9/share/man/man5/passwd.5 Fri Jul 6 03:56:45 2012 (r238162) @@ -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 .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 .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 overr 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.
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