Bug 62830
| Summary: | Login class isn't unused | ||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | fullermd | ||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | dannyboy <dannyboy> | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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Hi there, It may be wise to mention in your patch that the login classes are not used *by default*. I would also add a reference to cap_mkdb(1) in the 'SEE ALSO' section, as this is required to build the login class information. Cheers, Marc -- Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts. -- Winston Churchill On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:07:43AM +0000 I heard the voice of Marc Silver, and lo! it spake thus: > > It may be wise to mention in your patch that the login classes are not > used *by default*. I would also add a reference to cap_mkdb(1) in the > 'SEE ALSO' section, as this is required to build the login class > information. passwd(5) already mentions login.conf a few lines later when it's describing the class: The class field is a key for a user's login class. Login classes are defined in login.conf(5), which is a termcap(5) style database of user attributes, accounting, resource, and environment settings. But perhaps a cross-reference to login.conf(5) might be in order; xref'ing cap_mkdb doesn't really make sense, since it's used to any number of such databases. So, this might be better: Index: passwd.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/share/man/man5/passwd.5,v retrieving revision 1.40 diff -u -r1.40 passwd.5 --- passwd.5 15 Jan 2003 08:24:45 -0000 1.40 +++ passwd.5 16 Feb 2004 10:06:05 -0000 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ .It gid User's login group id. .It class -User's general classification (unused). +User's login class. .It change Password change time. .It expire @@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ .Xr login 1 , .Xr passwd 1 , .Xr getpwent 3 , +.Xr login.conf 5 , .Xr netgroup 5 , .Xr adduser 8 , .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" State Changed From-To: open->patched Fixed in HEAD. Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->dannyboy Fixed in HEAD. State Changed From-To: patched->closed These changes are already in RELENG_4. |
Despite what passwd(5) suggests, login classes ARE actually used. The manpage even mentions it a few lines later :) How-To-Repeat: man 5 passwd