From 6bbd04d0e4de3f8b7633985631eb381018beea3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed Schouten Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:29:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Restore message in man page on VFS timestamp precision. Requested by: bde, jhb --- usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 index 5e8be4bc64b..69f88453964 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)vipw.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 10, 2012 +.Dd February 14, 2012 .Dt VIPW 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ The .Nm utility appeared in .Bx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +The mechanism for checking for password file modifications requires that +the modification time of the password file changes. +This means that in a default configuration where file system timestamps +are not calculated with sub-second precision, +.Ev EDITOR +has to run for at least one second. +Non-interactive editor scripts should invoke +.Xr sleep 1 +or equivalent to ensure this happens.