Date: 10 Mar 2002 01:01:34 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35732: adduser(8) page has obsolete reference and other problems. Message-ID: <84it84dcep.t84@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 35732 >Category: docs >Synopsis: adduser(8) page has obsolete reference and other problems. >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: Sun Mar 10 01:00:03 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a ================ >Description: -- The adduser(8) man page has several problems. See below. ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: -- Remove the reference to setlogin(2)'s BUGS section (because it has no relevant text). -- Reconcile the Description's "May contain only lowercase characters or digits." with adding_user(8)'s implications that login names may contain hyphens, dots, and uppercase letters. Maybe just needs a clarifying comment that the program is more retrictive than most of the base OS software and refer to adding_user(8) there. -- Unconfuse the mention of a 16-character limit and the 8-character limit. At least, clean up the confusing clause "or source that assumes the 8-character name limit and NIS". (Maybe change "and NIS" to "of NIS". Maybe remove the comma from "programs, or source".) -- Add "adding_user(8)" to the "See Also" section. -- Under "-verbose", change "warnings, questions" to "warnings and questions". -- Under "message file", change "Eval" to "Evaluate". -- After "shell", change "Only valid shells from the shell database" to "Shells from /etc/shells". Clarify "or sliplogin and pppd". (Does it mean the actual words "sliplogin" or "pppd" instead of a shell name, or what? If so, quote them and change "and" to "or".) -- In the "-shell" explanation, "shell" should be "shell_full_pathname". (I don't remember my evidence for making that statement, but had it in my notes probably gathered when I was using the program.) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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