Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/35942: at(1) manual doesn't describe at.allow and at.deny formats. Message-ID: <200203162240.g2GMe2m78705@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/35942; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/35942: at(1) manual doesn't describe at.allow and at.deny formats.
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:41:05 +0200
On 2002-03-15 18:15, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
>
> The at(1) manual doesn't describe the format of the at.allow and at.deny
> files (in "/var/at/").
>
> >Fix:
>
> Determine the allowed formats and add descriptions to the manual.
Well, it sort of does. Quoting the manpage.
If the file /var/at/at.allow exists, only usernames
mentioned in it are allowed to use at.
This needs to be made more descriptive though.
What do you think of the following?
Index: at.man
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.bin/at/at.man,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -4 -u -r1.27 at.man
--- at.man 15 Mar 2002 15:26:57 -0000 1.27
+++ at.man 16 Mar 2002 16:38:17 -0000
@@ -173,16 +173,22 @@
If the file
.Pa _PERM_PATH/at.allow
exists, only usernames mentioned in it are allowed to use
.Nm .
+Add the names of the users that should be allowed to run
+.Nm
+to this file, one per line.
.Pp
If
.Pa _PERM_PATH/at.allow
does not exist,
.Pa _PERM_PATH/at.deny
is checked, every username not mentioned in it is then allowed
to use
.Nm Ns .
+Add the names of the users that should not be allowed to run
+.Nm
+to this file, one per line.
.Pp
If neither exists, only the superuser is allowed use of
.Nm Ns .
This is the default configuration.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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