From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [patch] hosts.equiv.5: Fix format, clarify IdM needs, and provide examples. Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:03:24 +0200 Message-ID: <55AE512C.7080001@gmail.com> References: <55615A71.4010600@redhat.com> <558134D3.2010603@gmail.com> <55831A5A.2050407@gmail.com> <559CB227.802@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <559CB227.802-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Carlos O'Donell , "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , Arjun Shankar , Siddhesh Poyarekar Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 07/08/2015 07:16 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On 06/18/2015 03:22 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> Hi Carlos, >> >> In this earlier reply, I should have highlighted that there is >> one open question I have about you patch, at the end of the mail >> below. Could you take a look please. > > Certainly. > >>>> +Allow all users with matching local accounts in all hosts in the netgroup except baduser: >>>> +.LP >>>> +.RS 4 >>>> +.PD 0 >>>> +.TP >>>> ++@netgroup -baduser >>>> +.TP >>>> ++@netgroup >>>> +.PD >>>> +.RE >>>> +.TP >>>> +Note: The deny statements must always preceed the allow statements because the file is processed one line at a time. >>> >>> This last explanation feels incomplete. Should it not be something like: >>> >>> The deny statements must always precede the allow statements >>> because the file is processed sequentially until the first >>> matching rule is found. > > Your text is certainly correct and clearer. The processing does stop at > the first match. Okay -- I've made that change to the text. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html