From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Nov 5 11:26:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D20637B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:26:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from phalanx.trit.org (phalanx.trit.org [63.198.170.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373C743E4A for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:26:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@trit.org) Received: from harpoon.trit.org (harpoon.trit.org [192.168.4.193]) by phalanx.trit.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A138B1A1DF; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from harpoon.trit.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harpoon.trit.org (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gA5JQkCA000836; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:26:46 GMT (envelope-from dima@trit.org) Received: (from dima@localhost) by harpoon.trit.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA5JQjNQ000835; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:26:45 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: harpoon.trit.org: dima set sender to dima@trit.org using -f Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:26:45 +0000 From: Dima Dorfman To: Andre Guibert de Bruet Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: master.passwd(5) Message-ID: <20021105192644.GC641@trit.org> References: <20021103145910.R27772-100000@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021103145910.R27772-100000@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > Hello, > > I spotted an error on the master.passwd(5) manpage. It reads as follows: > > The passwd file is generated from the master.password file by Fixed. > pwd_mkdb(8), has the class, change, and expire fields removed, and the > password field replaced by a ``*''. > > The /etc/passwd file is generated from /etc/master.passwd. It's also > interesting to note that this manpage doesn't state the location of either > of these files. Would it be possible for a FILES section to be created > with both of them listed? I added a FILES section like the one in -stable. I'm pretty sure that its deletion was an unnoticed side effect of the nsswitch import. Thanks for the report! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message