Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:29:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Taras Korenko <taras@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43327 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics Message-ID: <201312130829.rBD8TXO7031196@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: taras Date: Fri Dec 13 08:29:32 2013 New Revision: 43327 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43327 Log: This patch does minor rewordings of "Users and Basic Account Management" subchapter. Discussed with wblock in ML [1]. To be followed by a whitespace fix. 1. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2013-December/022936.html Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Fri Dec 13 01:26:47 2013 (r43326) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Fri Dec 13 08:29:32 2013 (r43327) @@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ console none used to uniquely identify the user to the &os; system. Commands that allow a user name to be specified will first convert it to the <acronym>UID</acronym>. It is - recommended to use a UID of 65535 or lower as higher - UIDs may cause compatibility issues with software that - does not support integers larger than 32-bits.</para> + recommended to use a UID less than 65535, since higher + values may cause compatibility issues with some + software.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ console none mechanism that provide additional flexibility when tailoring the system to different users. Login classes are discussed further in - <xref linkend="users-limiting"/></para> + <xref linkend="users-limiting"/>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ console none <para>The user name uniquely identifies the account to &os;, but does not necessarily reflect the user's real name. Similar to a comment, this information can - contain a space, uppercase characters, and be more + contain spaces, uppercase characters, and be more than 8 characters long.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -637,11 +637,11 @@ Password: <para>&os; provides a variety of different commands to manage user accounts. The most common commands are summarized in - Table 4.1, followed by some examples of their usage. Refer to + <xref linkend="users-modifying-utilities"/>, followed by some examples of their usage. See the manual page for each utility for more details and usage examples.</para> - <table frame="none" pgwide="1"> + <table frame="none" pgwide="1" xml:id="users-modifying-utilities"> <title>Utilities for Managing User Accounts</title> <tgroup cols="2"> @@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Password: <filename>/usr/share/skel</filename>, and can optionally mail the new user a welcome message. This utility must be run as the - <systemitem class="username">superuser</systemitem>.</para> + superuser.</para> <para>The &man.adduser.8; utility is interactive and walks through the steps for creating a new user account. As seen @@ -724,8 +724,8 @@ Password: shown in square brackets. In this example, the user has been invited into the <systemitem class="groupname">wheel</systemitem> group, - which is required to provide the account with superuser - access. When finished, the utility will prompt to either + allowing them to become the superuser with &man.su.1;. + When finished, the utility will prompt to either create another user or to exit.</para> <example xml:id="users-modifying-adduser">
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