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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 index 58ea7d8b8d1..d54295ed55f 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: vipw.8,v 1.5 1999/05/23 14:11:39 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: vipw.8,v 1.6 2000/03/19 17:57:17 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: vipw.8,v 1.4 1995/01/20 19:19:56 mycroft Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If the password file is already locked for editing by another user, .Nm will ask you -to try again later. The default editor for +to try again later. +The default editor for .Nm is .Xr vi 1 . @@ -69,8 +70,10 @@ Once the information has been verified, .Nm uses .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 -to update the user database. This is run in the background, and, -at very large sites could take several minutes. Until this update +to update the user database. +This is run in the background, and, +at very large sites could take several minutes. +Until this update is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates and the new information is not available to programs. .Pp |