Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:29:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r231648 - head/usr.sbin/vipw Message-ID: <201202140929.q1E9TcOa088554@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ed Date: Tue Feb 14 09:29:37 2012 New Revision: 231648 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/231648 Log: Restore message in man page on VFS timestamp precision. Requested by: bde, jhb Modified: head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 Tue Feb 14 09:19:30 2012 (r231647) +++ head/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 Tue Feb 14 09:29:37 2012 (r231648) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)vipw.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 10, 2012 +.Dd February 14, 2012 .Dt VIPW 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ The .Nm utility appeared in .Bx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +The mechanism for checking for password file modifications requires that +the modification time of the password file changes. +This means that in a default configuration where file system timestamps +are not calculated with sub-second precision, +.Ev EDITOR +has to run for at least one second. +Non-interactive editor scripts should invoke +.Xr sleep 1 +or equivalent to ensure this happens.
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