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Explicitly mention that setting the change and expiry times to zero is

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equivalent to leaving the time unset. [1]

Wordsmith in the compat support section.

Use a full path to nologin(8) in the context of setting it as a user's shell,
keeping a separate cross-reference.

PR:		docs/169354 [1]
Approved by:	hrs (mentor)
MFC after:	3 weeks
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)passwd.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd May 8, 2007
.Dd June 23, 2012
.Dt PASSWD 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ field is the number of seconds from the epoch,
.Dv UTC ,
until the
password for the account must be changed.
This field may be left empty to turn off the password aging feature.
This field may be left empty to turn off the password aging feature;
a value of zero is equivalent to leaving the field empty.
.Pp
The
.Ar expire
@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ field is the number of seconds from the epoch,
.Dv UTC ,
until the
account expires.
This field may be left empty to turn off the account aging feature.
This field may be left empty to turn off the account aging feature;
a value of zero is equivalent to leaving the field empty.
.Pp
The
.Ar gecos
@ -271,7 +273,8 @@ as it is done for system accounts,
is to set its
.Ar shell
to
.Xr nologin 8 .
.Pa /sbin/nologin
.Pq see Xr nologin 8 .
.Sh HESIOD SUPPORT
If
.Sq Li dns
@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ fields, the specified numbers will override the information retrieved
from the Hesiod domain or the
.Tn NIS
maps.
As well, if the
Likewise, if the
.Ar gecos ,
.Ar dir
or
@ -399,7 +402,8 @@ The additional fields
.Ar change
and
.Ar expire
are added, but are turned off by default.
are added, but are turned off by default
.Pq setting these fields to zero is equivalent to leaving them blank .
Class is currently not implemented, but change and expire are; to set them,
use the current day in seconds from the epoch + whatever number of seconds
of offset you want.