Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:22:02 -0500 (EST) From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: docs/76981: [PATCH] cap_mkdb could be more prominently mentioned in login.conf(5) Message-ID: <20050201222202.0D0BA83@be-well.ilk.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200502012230.j11MUPFc032413@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 76981 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] cap_mkdb could be more prominently mentioned in login.conf(5) >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: Tue Feb 01 22:30:24 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lowell Gilbert >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD be-well.ilk.org 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #7: Sun Jan 9 17:31:34 EST 2005 root@be-well.ilk.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/BE-WELL i386 >Description: Users can easily miss the need to run cap_mkdb after editing /etc/login.conf. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Apply something like this to /usr/src/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 *** login.conf.5.ORIG Tue Feb 1 17:13:07 2005 --- login.conf.5 Tue Feb 1 17:16:25 2005 *************** *** 74,79 **** --- 74,86 ---- the last name may contain upper case characters and blanks for readability. .Pp + The + .Pa /etc/login.conf + file is not referenced directly by + .Xr login 1 + so changes will not take effect until + .Xr cap_mkdb 1 + is used to compile the file into a database. See .Xr getcap 3 for a more in-depth description of the format of a capability database. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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