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| 1.\" Copyright (C) 1996 2.\" David L. Nugent. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" | 1.\" Copyright (C) 1996 2.\" David L. Nugent. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" |
| 25.\" $Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.1.1.3 1996/12/10 23:58:59 joerg Exp $ | 25.\" $Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.2 1997/01/05 04:05:22 davidn Exp $ |
| 26.\" 27.Dd December 9, 1996 28.Dt PW.CONF 5 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm pw.conf 32.Nd format of the pw.conf configuration file 33.Sh DESCRIPTION --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 61are: 62.Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact 63.It defaultpasswd 64affects passwords generated for new users 65.It reuseuids 66reuse gaps in uid sequences 67.It reusegids 68reuse gaps in gid sequences | 26.\" 27.Dd December 9, 1996 28.Dt PW.CONF 5 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm pw.conf 32.Nd format of the pw.conf configuration file 33.Sh DESCRIPTION --- 27 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 61are: 62.Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact 63.It defaultpasswd 64affects passwords generated for new users 65.It reuseuids 66reuse gaps in uid sequences 67.It reusegids 68reuse gaps in gid sequences |
| 69.It nispasswd 70path to the NIS passwd database |
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| 69.It skeleton 70where to obtain default home contents 71.It newmail 72mail to send to new users 73.It logfile 74log user/group modifications to this file 75.It home 76root directory for home directories --- 64 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 141.Ql \&no 142will ensure that no other existing user or group id within the range 143is numerically lower than the new one generated, and therefore avoids 144reusing gaps in the user or group id sequence that are caused by 145previous user or group deletions. 146Note that if the default group is not specified using the 147.Ar defaultgroup 148keyword, | 71.It skeleton 72where to obtain default home contents 73.It newmail 74mail to send to new users 75.It logfile 76log user/group modifications to this file 77.It home 78root directory for home directories --- 64 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 143.Ql \&no 144will ensure that no other existing user or group id within the range 145is numerically lower than the new one generated, and therefore avoids 146reusing gaps in the user or group id sequence that are caused by 147previous user or group deletions. 148Note that if the default group is not specified using the 149.Ar defaultgroup 150keyword, |
| 149.Xr pw 8 | 151Xr pw 8 |
| 150will create a new group for the user and attempt to keep the new 151user's uid and gid the same. 152If the new user's uid is currently in use as a group id, then the next 153available group id is chosen instead. 154.Pp | 152will create a new group for the user and attempt to keep the new 153user's uid and gid the same. 154If the new user's uid is currently in use as a group id, then the next 155available group id is chosen instead. 156.Pp |
| 157On NIS servers which maintain a separate passwd database to 158.Pa /etc/master.passwd , 159this option allows the additional file to be concurrently updated 160as user records are added, modified or removed. 161If blank or set to 'no', no additional database is updated. 162An absolute pathname must be used. 163.Pp |
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| 155The 156.Ar skeleton 157keyword nominates a directory from which the contents of a user's 158new home directory is constructed. 159This is 160.Pa /usr/share/skel 161by default. 162.Xr pw 8 's --- 132 unchanged lines hidden --- | 164The 165.Ar skeleton 166keyword nominates a directory from which the contents of a user's 167new home directory is constructed. 168This is 169.Pa /usr/share/skel 170by default. 171.Xr pw 8 's --- 132 unchanged lines hidden --- |