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@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: passwd
.\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 23.01.2020
+.\" Date: 22.07.2021
.\" Manual: Dateiformate und konvertierung
-.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8.1
+.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.9
.\" Language: German
.\"
-.TH "PASSWD" "5" "23.01.2020" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8\&.1" "Dateiformate und konvertierung"
+.TH "PASSWD" "5" "22.07.2021" "shadow\-utils 4\&.9" "Dateiformate und konvertierung"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ for details on how this string is interpreted\&.
If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of
\fBcrypt\fR(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means)\&.
.PP
-The comment field is used by various system utilities, such as
-\fBfinger\fR(1)\&.
+The comment field, also known as the gecos field, is used by various system utilities, such as
+\fBfinger\fR(1)\&. The use of an ampersand here will be replaced by the capitalised login name when the field is used or displayed by such system utilities\&.
.PP
The home directory field provides the name of the initial working directory\&. The
\fBlogin\fR