Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:23:21 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update Users chapter of Handbook (request for review) Message-ID: <20010417092321.B31213@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20010417071655.B1A9D3E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:16:55AM -0700 References: <20010417071655.B1A9D3E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:16:55AM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote:
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Good idea. I've got a couple of comments about the markup, but apart
from that, go ahead.
> + <para>Disk quotas are a way for the system administrator to tell the
> + filesystem the amount of disk space a user may use; moreover, they
> + provide a way to quickly check on the disk usage of a user without
> + having to calculate it every time. Quotas are discussed in <link
> + linkend="quotas">their own section</link> of the <link
> + linkend="disks">Disks</link> chapter.</para>
Quotas are discussed in <xref linkend="quotas">.</para>
> + <para>Login classes are defined in
> + <filename>/etc/login.conf</filename>. The precise semantics are
> + beyond the scope of this section, but are described in detail in the
> + &man.login.conf.5; manual page. It is sufficient to say that each
> + user can is assigned to a login class (<literal>default</literal> by
> + default), and that each login class has a set of login capabilities
> + associated with it. A login capability is a
> + <quote>name=value</quote> pair, where <quote>name</quote> is a
> + well-known identifier and <quote>value</quote> is an arbitrary string
> + processed accordingly depending on the name. Setting up login
> + classes and capabilities is rather straight-forward, and is also
> + described in &man.login.conf.5;.</para>
A login capability is a
<literal><replaceable>name</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>
pair, where <replaceable>name</replaceable> is a well-known
identifier and <replaceable>value</replaceable> is an arbitrary string
N
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