Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:02:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Nicolas Rachinsky <nicolas@dauerreden.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/43112: man 5 passwd not correct Message-ID: <200209201502.g8KF2Jo2096320@pc5.abc>
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>Number: 43112 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man 5 passwd not correct >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 20 08:10:02 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nicolas Rachinsky >Release: FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD pc5.abc 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE #2: Tue Aug 27 11:51:55 CEST 2002 root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/PC5 i386 >Description: The man page for passwd(5) does not correctly describe the format of /etc/passwd. There is no master.passwd(5). >How-To-Repeat: read "man 5 passwd" and compare it with the actual format of /etc/passwd. Try "man 5 master.passwd" >Fix: Index: Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs-freebsd/src/share/man/man5/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.27.2.7 diff -u -r1.27.2.7 Makefile --- Makefile 2 Apr 2002 09:19:30 -0000 1.27.2.7 +++ Makefile 20 Sep 2002 10:34:18 -0000 @@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ MLINKS+=hosts.equiv.5 rhosts.5 MLINKS+=resolver.5 resolv.conf.5 MLINKS+=utmp.5 lastlog.5 utmp.5 wtmp.5 +MLINKS+=passwd.5 master.passwd.5 .include <bsd.prog.mk> Index: passwd.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs-freebsd/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5,v retrieving revision 1.26.2.5 diff -u -r1.26.2.5 passwd.5 --- passwd.5 1 Feb 2002 15:51:18 -0000 1.26.2.5 +++ passwd.5 20 Sep 2002 14:57:42 -0000 @@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ .Dt PASSWD 5 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm passwd -.Nd format of the password file +.Nm passwd , +.Nm master.passwd +.Nd format of the password files .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm files are files consisting of newline separated records, one per user, -containing ten colon +containing seven or ten colon .Pq Ql \&: separated fields. These fields are as follows: @@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ .It shell User's login shell. .El +.Pp +The fields +.Ar class , +.Ar change +and +.Ar expire +are not present in the file +.Pa /etc/passwd . .Pp Lines whose first non-whitespace character is a pound-sign (#) are comments, and are ignored. Blank lines which consist >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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