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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/pdbedit.8.sgml b/docs/docbook/manpages/pdbedit.8.sgml index 213275b7cc..45ccbaee64 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/manpages/pdbedit.8.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/pdbedit.8.sgml @@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ Samba</ulink> suite.</para> <para>The pdbedit program is used to manage the users accounts - stored in the sam database and can be run only by root.</para> + stored in the sam database and can only be run by root.</para> - <para>The pdbedit tool use the passdb modular interface and is + <para>The pdbedit tool uses the passdb modular interface and is independent from the kind of users database used (currently there - are smbpasswd, ldap, nis+ and tdb based and more can be addedd + are smbpasswd, ldap, nis+ and tdb based and more can be added without changing the tool).</para> <para>There are five main ways to use pdbedit: adding a user account, @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>-l</term> - <listitem><para>This option list all the user accounts + <listitem><para>This option lists all the user accounts present in the users database. This option prints a list of user/uid pairs separated by the ':' character.</para> @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-v</term> - <listitem><para>This option sets the verbose listing format. - It will make pdbedit list the users in the database printing + <listitem><para>This option enables the verbose listing format. + It causes pdbedit to list the users in the database, printing out the account fields in a descriptive format.</para> <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -l -v</command></para> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-w</term> <listitem><para>This option sets the "smbpasswd" listing format. - It will make pdbedit list the users in the database printing + It will make pdbedit list the users in the database, printing out the account fields in a format compatible with the <filename>smbpasswd</filename> file format. (see the <ulink url="smbpasswd.5.html"><filename>smbpasswd(5)</filename></ulink> for details)</para> @@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-u username</term> - <listitem><para>This option specifies that the username to be - used for the operation requested (listing, adding, removing) + <listitem><para>This option specifies the username to be + used for the operation requested (listing, adding, removing). It is <emphasis>required</emphasis> in add, remove and modify operations and <emphasis>optional</emphasis> in list operations.</para> @@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-a</term> <listitem><para>This option is used to add a user into the - database. This command need the user name be specified with - the -u switch. When adding a new user pdbedit will also - ask for the password to be used</para> + database. This command needs a user name specified with + the -u switch. When adding a new user, pdbedit will also + ask for the password to be used.</para> <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -a -u sorce</command> <programlisting>new password: @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-x</term> <listitem><para>This option causes pdbedit to delete an account - from the database. It need the username be specified with the + from the database. It needs a username specified with the -u switch.</para> <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -x -u bob</command></para> @@ -237,22 +237,25 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-i passdb-backend</term> - <listitem><para>Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users than the one specified in smb.conf. Can be used to import data into your - local user database.</para> + <listitem><para>Use a different passdb backend to retrieve users + than the one specified in smb.conf. Can be used to import data into + your local user database.</para> - <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another. - </para> + <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to + another.</para> - <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old</command> - </para> + <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -i smbpasswd:/etc/smbpasswd.old + </command></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>-e passdb-backend</term> - <listitem><para>Export all currently available users to the specified password database backend.</para> + <listitem><para>Exports all currently available users to the + specified password database backend.</para> - <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to another and will ease backupping</para> + <para>This option will ease migration from one passdb backend to + another and will ease backing up.</para> <para>Example: <command>pdbedit -e smbpasswd:/root/samba-users.backup</command></para> </listitem> |