Adjust misleading wording of the -G option and simplify a few
surrounding sentences. From a discussion on -ports. Reviewed by: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 14, 2015
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.Dd March 27, 2016
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.Dt PW 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -420,18 +420,16 @@ Set the account's primary group to the given group.
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.Ar group
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may be defined by either its name or group number.
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.It Fl G Ar grouplist
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Set additional group memberships for an account.
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Set secondary group memberships for an account.
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.Ar grouplist
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is a comma, space or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers.
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The user's name is added to the group lists in
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.Pa /etc/group ,
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and
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removed from any groups not specified in
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is a comma, space, or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers.
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The user is added to the groups specified in
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.Ar grouplist ,
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and removed from all groups not specified.
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The current login session is not affected by group membership changes,
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which only take effect when the user reconnects.
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Note: do not add a user to their primary group with
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.Ar grouplist .
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Note: a user should not be added to their primary group with
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.Ar grouplist .
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Also, group membership changes do not take effect for current user login
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sessions, requiring the user to reconnect to be affected by the changes.
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.It Fl L Ar class
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This option sets the login class for the user being created.
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See
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