From b98b691b5e86a35cd178463a894ae5ae81462fed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wblock Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:05:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adjust misleading wording of the -G option and simplify a few surrounding sentences. From a discussion on -ports. Reviewed by: David Wolfskill --- usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 index 3a9c0b0b87b9..84ceda3a879a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 14, 2015 +.Dd March 27, 2016 .Dt PW 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -420,18 +420,16 @@ Set the account's primary group to the given group. .Ar group may be defined by either its name or group number. .It Fl G Ar grouplist -Set additional group memberships for an account. +Set secondary group memberships for an account. .Ar grouplist -is a comma, space or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers. -The user's name is added to the group lists in -.Pa /etc/group , -and -removed from any groups not specified in +is a comma, space, or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers. +The user is added to the groups specified in +.Ar grouplist , +and removed from all groups not specified. +The current login session is not affected by group membership changes, +which only take effect when the user reconnects. +Note: do not add a user to their primary group with .Ar grouplist . -Note: a user should not be added to their primary group with -.Ar grouplist . -Also, group membership changes do not take effect for current user login -sessions, requiring the user to reconnect to be affected by the changes. .It Fl L Ar class This option sets the login class for the user being created. See