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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:20:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd
Message-ID:  <200401201420.i0KEKA6P058268@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/61628; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
To: Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:16:54 +0000

 On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:18:33AM -0800, Marian Cerny wrote:
 
 > Users must type in ther original password before changing their
 > password, to prevent an unauthorized person from changing their password
 > when the user is away from their console.
 >
 > I think that "... their password, to prevent ..." should be written
 > without coma: "... their password to prevent ..."
 
 Losing the comma would result in a grammatically correct, though
 unwieldy, sentence.  The easiest way to deal with is to move "before
 changing their password," to the beginning of the sentence.
 
 Ceri
 
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