docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd

Ceri Davies ceri at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 20 14:20:14 UTC 2004


The following reply was made to PR docs/61628; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri at FreeBSD.org>
To: Marian Cerny <jojo at matfyz.cz>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/61628: Mistake in Handbook, section 8.6.4 passwd
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:16:54 +0000

 On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:18:33AM -0800, Marian Cerny wrote:
 
 > Users must type in ther original password before changing their
 > password, to prevent an unauthorized person from changing their password
 > when the user is away from their console.
 >
 > I think that "... their password, to prevent ..." should be written
 > without coma: "... their password to prevent ..."
 
 Losing the comma would result in a grammatically correct, though
 unwieldy, sentence.  The easiest way to deal with is to move "before
 changing their password," to the beginning of the sentence.
 
 Ceri
 
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