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Use Dq macro; end sentence with a dot; break line

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differently so that abbreviation dot is not interpreted as line-ending dot.
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wiz 2005-04-04 18:26:19 +00:00
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lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3
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.\" $NetBSD: getpwent.3,v 1.29 2005/04/04 18:24:21 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: getpwent.3,v 1.30 2005/04/04 18:26:19 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ function
accomplishes two purposes.
First, it causes
.Fn getpwent
to ``rewind'' to the beginning of the database.
to
.Dq rewind
to the beginning of the database.
Additionally, if
.Fa stayopen
is non-zero, file descriptors are left open, significantly speeding
@ -182,8 +184,10 @@ The
function
closes any open files.
.Pp
These functions have been written to ``shadow'' the password file, e.g.
allow only certain programs to have access to the encrypted password.
These functions have been written to
.Dq shadow
the password file, e.g. allow only certain programs to have access
to the encrypted password.
If the process which calls them has an effective uid of 0, the encrypted
password will be returned, otherwise, the password field of the returned
structure will point to the string
@ -285,7 +289,7 @@ avoided, if possible.
.Fn getpwent
makes no attempt to suppress duplicate information if multiple
sources are specified in
.Xr nsswitch.conf 5
.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
The historic function
.Fn setpwfile