Subject: Re: login_cap(2)
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/24/2001 19:48:22
So am I then to understand that the "class" field of /etc/master.passwd
can now be used to designate login classes through the graces of login_cap?

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 itojun@iijlab.net wrote:

# Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:38:40 +0900
# From: itojun@iijlab.net
# To: Takahiro Kambe <taca@sky.yamashina.kyoto.jp>
# Cc: current-users@netbsd.org
# Subject: Re: login_cap(2)
# 
# 
# >	on Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:28:00 +0900,
# >	itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
# >> 	modifications/removals to meet NetBSD login_cap(3).  please comment.
# >> 	if any of you have better default one to be put into
# >> 	/usr/share/examples/, please let me know.
# >I might not understand completely.  But, one point.
# >
# >> echo x - login.conf
# >...
# >> X## standard - standard user defaults
# >> X##
# >> X#standard:\
# >> X#	:copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
# >> X#	:welcome=/etc/motd:\
# >> X#	:setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K:\
# >> X#	:path=~/bin /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin:\
# >> X#	:manpath=/usr/share/man /usr/local/man:\
# >Do we need to set manpath (assuming it set as MANPATH environment
# >variable)?
# 
# 	it looks that NetBSD login_cap code do not look at "manpath".
# 	so we need to remove it from example.  thanks for the catch.
# 	it looks that freebsd login.conf was not a good starting point
# 	it has so many extensions, which is not present in NetBSD login_cap.
# 
# itojun
# 


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