Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 05:50:14 -0800 (PST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd Message-ID: <200402161350.i1GDoEs4019572@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/61628; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:26:04 -0700 (MST) On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Ceri Davies wrote: > > Users must type in ther original password before changing their > > password, to prevent an unauthorized person from changing their password > > when the user is away from their console. > > Losing the comma would result in a grammatically correct, though > unwieldy, sentence. The easiest way to deal with is to move "before > changing their password," to the beginning of the sentence. Still unwieldy, though. This may be a little better: To prevent accidental or unauthorized changes, the original password must be entered before a new password may be set. (And "may be set" looks wrong, but it's late and I can't come up with anything else except "assigned", which also looks wrong...) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USAhome | help
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