Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:24:42 -0500 From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A question on syntax in /etc/login.conf Message-ID: <d873d5be1002010424n69e1db5cu170c4cca820650d9@mail.gmail.com>
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>Is it the colon or pipe sign that is correct?
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>/Leslie
The answer is clearly set forth in login.conf(5):
"Records in a class capabilities database consist of a number of colon-
separated fields. The first entry for each record gives one or more
names that a record is to be known by, each separated by a '|' character.
The first name is the most common abbreviation. The last name given
should be a long name that is more descriptive of the capability entry,
and all others are synonyms. All names but the last should be in lower
case and contain no blanks; the last name may contain upper case charac-
ters and blanks for readability.
Note that since a colon (`:') is used to separate capability entries, a
`\c' escape sequence must be used to embed a literal colon in the value
or name of a capability."
When in doubt, look for a manpage (first).
b.
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