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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml index 41acee519..48dc67b9d 100644 --- a/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/shadowpwd-desc.xml @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ vipw</para></sect3> the last password change.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>chfn</title> -<para>chfn changes user full name, office number, office extension, and home -phone number information for a user's account.</para></sect4> +<para>chfn changes a user's full name and other information +(office room number, office phone number, and +home phone number).</para></sect4> <sect4><title>chpasswd</title> <para>chpasswd reads a file of user name and password pairs from standard @@ -93,18 +94,19 @@ users.</para></sect4> <para>passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>pwck</title> -<para>pwck verifies the integrity of the system authentication -information.</para></sect4> +<para>pwck verifies the integrity of the password files.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>pwconv</title> -<para>pwconv converts to shadow passwd files from normal passwd -files.</para></sect4> +<para>pwconv converts the normal password file +to a shadowed password file.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>pwunconv</title> -<para>pwunconv converts from shadow passwd files to normal files.</para></sect4> +<para>pwunconv converts a shadowed password file +to a normal password file.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>sg</title> -<para>sg executes command as a different group ID.</para></sect4> +<para>sg sets the user's GID to that of the given group, or executes a +given command as member of the given group.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>su</title> <para>su changes the effective user and group IDs to that of a given user. |