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From: wmoran@iowna.com
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: man 5 passwd does not properly explain the format of /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd
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>Number:         27915
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       man 5 passwd does not properly explain the format of /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 06 15:20:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Fri Apr 26 07:54:08 PDT 2002
>Last-Modified:  Fri Apr 26 07:54:08 PDT 2002
>Originator:     Bill Moran
>Release:        4.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
Iowna Software
>Environment:
I have checked this on different machines, 4.2 & 4.3 RELEASE and STABLE, I have also checked on the web site version of the man pages.
>Description:
man 5 passwd attempts to describe the format of the /etc/passwd file, but incorrectly describes the /etc/master.passwd file while claiming to describe /etc/passwd. It does not claim to describe /etc/master.passwd anywhere.
Also, it would seem appropriate that man 5 master.passwd should bring up this man page, but currently does not.
>How-To-Repeat:
On a standardly installed 4.2 or 4.3 system, read man 5 passwd and compare it to the actual layout of the /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd files.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: wmoran@iowna.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, nectar@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/27915: man 5 passwd does not properly explain the format of /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:35:38 +0300

 This bug is only present in RELENG_4.
 
 If (?) the nsswitch support will be imported into
 RELENG_4, this bug will be automatically fixed.
 
 On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 03:13:45PM -0700, wmoran@iowna.com wrote:
 
 > man 5 passwd attempts to describe the format of the /etc/passwd file,
 > but incorrectly describes the /etc/master.passwd file while claiming
 > to describe /etc/passwd.
 
 
 Cheers,
 -- 
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State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended 
State-Changed-By: ru 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jun 7 06:19:09 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  


http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27915 
State-Changed-From-To: suspended->open 
State-Changed-By: ru 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jun 7 06:24:01 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Damn edit-pr(1), this wasn't supposed to be suspended. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-docs 
Responsible-Changed-By: ru 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Jun 7 06:24:01 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
This actually belongs to the "docs" category. 
-CURRENT's passwd(5) manpage has all the necessary bits. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27915 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-docs->freebsd-doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: ru 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Jun 8 02:31:07 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Canonicalize. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27915 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: trhodes 
State-Changed-When: Fri Apr 26 07:52:10 PDT 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
I have investigated this matter, it appears to have been solved. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27915 
>Unformatted:
