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Date:      Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:11:13 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r246552 - head/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <201302081411.r18EBD1v018933@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: des
Date: Fri Feb  8 14:11:12 2013
New Revision: 246552
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/246552

Log:
  Cross-reference newgrp(1), and document the use of pw(8) to set the group
  password.
  
  PR:		docs/167741
  MFC after:	3 weeks

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/group.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/group.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/group.5	Fri Feb  8 12:53:29 2013	(r246551)
+++ head/share/man/man5/group.5	Fri Feb  8 14:11:12 2013	(r246552)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     From: @(#)group.5	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 29, 1994
+.Dd February 8, 2013
 .Dt GROUP 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ may still have this limit.
 .It Pa /etc/group
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr newgrp 1 ,
 .Xr passwd 1 ,
 .Xr setgroups 2 ,
 .Xr crypt 3 ,
@@ -156,9 +157,14 @@ file format appeared in
 .At v6 .
 Support for comments first appeared in
 .Fx 3.0 .
-.Sh BUGS
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 The
 .Xr passwd 1
 command does not change the
 .Nm
 passwords.
+The
+.Xr pw 8
+utility's
+.Cm groupmod
+command should be used instead.



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