-.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.2 1997/03/27 00:10:52 provos Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.conf.5,v 1.3 1997/04/10 20:05:10 provos Exp $
.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.Nm passwd.conf
consists of stanzas.
.Pp
-There are default and user specific stanzas. If no user
+There are default, user and group specific stanzas. If no user
+or group
stanza to a specific option is available the default stanza
is used.
.Pp
+To differentiate between user and group stanzas, groups are prefixed
+with a single dot.
+.Pp
Some of the fields and their possible values that can appear in
this file are:
.Pp
.Xr pw_getconf 3 .
.Pp
.Sh EXAMPLE
-To use blowfish as local cipher but for root some more rounds and
-the old unix crypt as YP cipher:
+To use blowfish as local cipher and some more rounds for root and wheel
+members. The old unix crypt is used as YP cipher:
.Pp
-default:
+ default:
.Pp
localcipher = blowfish,4
.Pp
ypcipher = old
.Pp
-root:
+ root:
.Pp
localcipher = blowfish,7
+.Pp
+ .wheel:
+.Pp
+ localcipher = blowfish,5
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 1 ,