Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:23:56 GMT From: "Dr. Markus Waldeck" <waldeck@gmx.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/101262: man login.conf does not mention how to escape a colon Message-ID: <200608021323.k72DNu17022997@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200608021330.k72DUDQj052943@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 101262 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man login.conf does not mention how to escape a colon >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: Wed Aug 02 13:30:12 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dr. Markus Waldeck >Release: 6.1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD fb 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: /etc/login.conf contains following text: # 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 (see the ``CGETNUM AND CGETSTR SYNTAX # AND SEMANTICS'' section of getcap(3) for more escape sequences). Unfortunately this information is NOT available in the man page of login.conf. >How-To-Repeat: man login.conf >Fix: Add the descprition. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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