docs/101262: man login.conf does not mention how to escape a colon

Dr. Markus Waldeck waldeck at gmx.de
Wed Aug 2 13:30:14 UTC 2006


>Number:         101262
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       man login.conf does not mention how to escape a colon
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 02 13:30:12 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dr. Markus Waldeck
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fb 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:32:43 UTC 2006     
root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
/etc/login.conf contains following text:
# Note that since a colon ':' is used to separate capability entries,
# a \c escape sequence must be used to embed a literal colon in the
# value or name of a capability (see the ``CGETNUM AND CGETSTR SYNTAX
# AND SEMANTICS'' section of getcap(3) for more escape sequences).

Unfortunately this information is NOT available in the man page of login.conf.
>How-To-Repeat:
man login.conf
>Fix:
Add the descprition.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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