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author | Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> | 2022-08-20 18:17:16 +0200 |
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committer | Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu> | 2022-08-20 18:17:16 +0200 |
commit | 675b462b64b213647d0f5c56b1e8440be5890c8a (patch) | |
tree | 1cd63eec7594d03a622575136c61d8c813f59503 /man/pwck.8.xml | |
parent | 0c04b92a9afe5e09a20307d8a5ec98d97ed00f47 (diff) | |
download | shadow-675b462b64b213647d0f5c56b1e8440be5890c8a.tar.gz |
New upstream version 4.12.2+dfsg1
Diffstat (limited to 'man/pwck.8.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | man/pwck.8.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/pwck.8.xml b/man/pwck.8.xml index a614d879..4eb820d6 100644 --- a/man/pwck.8.xml +++ b/man/pwck.8.xml @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ </refmeta> <refnamediv id='name'> <refname>pwck</refname> - <refpurpose>verify integrity of password files</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>verify the integrity of password files</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <!-- body begins here --> <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'> @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ <arg choice='opt'>options</arg> <arg choice='opt'> <arg choice='plain'> - <replaceable>passwd</replaceable> + <replaceable>PASSWORDFILE</replaceable> </arg> <arg choice='opt'> <arg choice='plain'> - <replaceable>shadow</replaceable> + <replaceable>SHADOWFILE</replaceable> </arg> </arg> </arg> @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ </itemizedlist> <para> - <filename>shadow</filename> checks are enabled when a second file - parameter is specified or when <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> - exists on the system. + Checks for shadowed password information are enabled when the second + file parameter <replaceable>SHADOWFILE</replaceable> is specified or + when <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> exists on the system. </para> <para> These checks are the following: @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ prompted to delete the entire line. If the user does not answer affirmatively, all further checks are bypassed. An entry with a duplicated user name is prompted for deletion, but the remaining - checks will still be made. All other errors are warning and the user + checks will still be made. All other errors are warnings and the user is encouraged to run the <command>usermod</command> command to correct the error. </para> @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ Apply changes in the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory and use the configuration files from the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory. + Only absolute paths are supported. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |