>> I am trying to add a user (myself), but I am having difficulty doing so.  
>> I have gone through O'Reilly and Assoc.'s _Learning the Unix Operating 
>> System_, IDG's _Unix for Dummies_ (in which group I currently qualify!) 
>> and IDG's _Unix Secrets_ by James C. Armstrong Jr.  None of these 
>> references tells me how I can access the man page passwd(5).  When I 
>> enter the command "man passwd" all I get is section 1.  That section does 
>> not give me the structure for the new user's entry in the master.passwd 
>> file.  The information I want is in passwd(5), but when I enter "man 
>> passwd(5)", I get a message about misplaced "("s.  The only page I can 
>> get is (1).
>
>I believe many others have answered your questions about the man pages, 
>but as far as your reading goes, if you're administering your own system, 
>you should really check out the Red Book, i.e. the 2nd edition of the Unix 
>System Administration Handbook, by Snyder, Seebass, Nemeth (and at least 
>one other person whose name I'm forgetting).
>
>I hope this helps.

As far as i understood UN*X the man command is "man 5 passwd"
meaning "man [subsection] topic" ([] means optional)
hope that helps.

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