From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 13 08:29:33 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@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 452A7D5C; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30968117D; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rBD8TXxG031197; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 GMT (envelope-from taras@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from taras@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rBD8TXO7031196; Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 GMT (envelope-from taras@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201312130829.rBD8TXO7031196@svn.freebsd.org> From: Taras Korenko Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43327 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 -0000 Author: taras Date: Fri Dec 13 08:29:32 2013 New Revision: 43327 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43327 Log: This patch does minor rewordings of "Users and Basic Account Management" subchapter. Discussed with wblock in ML [1]. To be followed by a whitespace fix. 1. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2013-December/022936.html Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Fri Dec 13 01:26:47 2013 (r43326) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Fri Dec 13 08:29:32 2013 (r43327) @@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ console none 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 +486,7 @@ console none mechanism that provide additional flexibility when tailoring the system to different users. Login classes are discussed further in - + . @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ console none 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. @@ -637,11 +637,11 @@ Password: &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 + , followed by some examples of their usage. See the manual page for each utility for more details and usage examples. - +
Utilities for Managing User Accounts @@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Password: /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 @@ -724,8 +724,8 @@ Password: shown in square brackets. In this example, the user has been invited into the wheel group, - which is required to provide the account with superuser - access. When finished, the utility will prompt to either + allowing them to become the superuser with &man.su.1;. + When finished, the utility will prompt to either create another user or to exit.