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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-30 14:36:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-30 14:36:59 +0000 |
| commit | 18701562c1bd97147f53cf63ead3aba6e89aef56 (patch) | |
| tree | b17ce5106749c5980a6963d8c6dc90b3ce3f2481 /man5/passwd.5 | |
| parent | 881663d9c6aa933fc06dcddfae1a2653ece4e503 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-18701562c1bd97147f53cf63ead3aba6e89aef56.tar.gz | |
s/user name/username/
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diff --git a/man5/passwd.5 b/man5/passwd.5 index bd415dfeec..fa970d079a 100644 --- a/man5/passwd.5 +++ b/man5/passwd.5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ group ID, home directory, shell, etc. Often, it also contains the encrypted passwords for each account. It should have general read permission (many utilities, like .BR ls (1) -use it to map user IDs to user names), but write access only for the +use it to map user IDs to usernames), but write access only for the superuser. .PP In the good old days there was no great problem with this general @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ the numerical primary group ID for this user. .TP .I GECOS This field is optional and only used for informational purposes. -Usually, it contains the full user name. +Usually, it contains the full username. GECOS means General Electric Comprehensive Operating System, which has been renamed to GCOS when GE's large systems division was sold to Honeywell. |