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authorlukem <lukem@NetBSD.org>1999-01-16 07:59:39 +0000
committerlukem <lukem@NetBSD.org>1999-01-16 07:59:39 +0000
commitd3f8abaacbd3035be60812575fbdcbccfd32b032 (patch)
tree6066547275d2ae5b07e1022001c04bc22213bf33 /lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3
parent73a39058456088f783daf8a2186466799043f23a (diff)
reference nsswitch.conf(5)
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/getusershell.319
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3
index 29697e09b4c..be8a1383474 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getusershell.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: getusershell.3,v 1.4 1998/02/05 18:46:58 perry Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: getusershell.3,v 1.5 1999/01/16 08:11:03 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)getusershell.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd January 16, 1999
.Dt GETUSERSHELL 3
.Os BSD 4.3
.Sh NAME
.Nm getusershell ,
.Nm setusershell ,
.Nm endusershell
-.Nd get legal user shells
+.Nd get valid user shells
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -54,18 +54,16 @@
The
.Fn getusershell
function
-returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the
-system manager in the file
-.Pa /etc/shells .
-If
-.Pa /etc/shells
-is unreadable or does not exist,
+returns a pointer to a valid user shell as defined by the
+system manager in the shells database as described in
+.Xr shells 5 .
+If the shells database is not available,
.Fn getusershell
behaves as if
.Pa /bin/sh
and
.Pa /bin/csh
-were listed in the file.
+were listed.
.Pp
The
.Fn getusershell
@@ -86,6 +84,7 @@ The routine
returns a null pointer (0) on
.Dv EOF .
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
.Xr shells 5
.Sh HISTORY
The