Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 10:57:23 +0600 (NOVT) From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: man login.conf(5) tweaks Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10112231036360.4262-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
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Hi! It seems that there are minor inconsistencies with /usr/src/usr.bin/login/login.c and man login.conf(5)... * at line 285 of login.c: prompt = login_getcapstr(lc, "login", ... but in man page the same capability (login prompt given by login(1)) is entitled `login_prompt'. Obviously the trailing `_prompt' is not needed. About the same place in login.c, two capability variables are examined, namely `login-retries' (defaults to 10) and `login-backoff' (defaults to 3). They are not even mentioned in the man page. Also, man login.conf(5) has been confusing people for a pretty long time already, with options that are described but nonetheless do not do anything, or require an additional utility/daemon to operate properly. I think it would be fair and nice and would save people a lot of time and effort (when seeking for answers "why something does not work while it's written as it should") for the man page to mention whether some capability works or not, is it broken or depricated, require an additional/external program to operate (possibly stating what is it), or is reserved for the future. Makes sense? Just my $.02 though... -- Regards, DAN Fe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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