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man: sync and reorder password field descriptions

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Synchronize how passwd(5) and shadow(5) describe the password field.
Reorder the descriptions more logically.

Signed-off-by: Topi Miettinen <toiwoton@gmail.com>
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Topi Miettinen
2019-11-16 15:35:08 +02:00
parent b462f5335f
commit cdbe1310cc
2 changed files with 43 additions and 24 deletions
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@@ -95,18 +95,6 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">encrypted password</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Refer to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on how
this string is interpreted.
</para>
<para>
If the password field contains some string that is not a valid
result of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, for instance ! or *,
the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in
(but the user may log in the system by other means).
</para>
<para>
This field may be empty, in which case no passwords are
required to authenticate as the specified login name.
@@ -120,6 +108,18 @@
line represent the password field before the password was
locked.
</para>
<para>
Refer to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details on how
this string is interpreted.
</para>
<para>
If the password field contains some string that is not a valid
result of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, for instance ! or *,
the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in
(but the user may log in the system by other means).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>