From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 12:24:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41356106566C for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:24:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC248FC18 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:24:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so371783ewy.13 for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:24:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=yyqRcOFnapSCRsmMXaw1PngGYQuQgJx9i3EdlHOsXmE=; b=FOrekRQQ+q9kuNxSDDJBUlSMrLDNEH1uL0ZLOWauHNNGvzU+SNgZ7b3t7mUzstwuff Bbg+FSSYpqcssvF0RT/i1BR8CLG7RGI6K91lYilqWdYrXlI8pS7hIPEjW8gcZWgAwkwt g6T1FCWmO4ZkqGl8QR5Eh05AJC51gFKLo5+pE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=O5b/wkVluC1kG2MfQPxhO2rtGLdd5axGuaQjnbt3Ogs4NjFolU/wn3dSiw7f6JQ3b1 qQPpFrcovovBk5YEdB6Pjan/ll4WTdZ/+8fXDVieRYgjFOrjcGrxlj+KStXQ78n/dFMx vPkDELBs07wTQmPGbYAMR8dwb36J4ls41A8XI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.88.14 with SMTP id z14mr2989954wee.25.1265027082659; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:24:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:24:42 -0500 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: Leslie Jensen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A question on syntax in /etc/login.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:24:44 -0000 ... >Is it the colon or pipe sign that is correct? > >/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.