#35: 'logic list' format unexplained in group.conf manpage --------------------------+----------------------------------- Reporter: robinmiller | Owner: pam-developers@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Component: documentation Version: | Keywords: group.conf logic list Blocked By: | Blocking: --------------------------+----------------------------------- The group.conf manpage refers to a 'logic list' several times as the way to specify multiple ttys, users, etc, but does not give a clear example or describe the syntax required. After some fruitless searching and then trial and error, I discovered that the format is: {{{ item1 | item2 | item3 }}} I think it would be a big help to users to make this clear in the man page, either by describing the syntax or by giving a clear example in the examples section (there is a convoluted example using &, but I don't think this is obvious at first). For example, the example: {{{ Running 'xsh' on tty* (any ttyXXX device), the user 'sword' is given access to games (through membership of the floppy group) after work hours. xsh; tty* ;sword;!Wk0900-1800;games, sound }}} Could be made into: {{{ Running 'xsh' on tty* (any ttyXXX device), the users 'sword' and 'pike' are given access to games (through membership of the floppy group) after work hours. xsh; tty* ; sword | pike ;!Wk0900-1800;games, sound }}} That small change alone would have saved me an hour. Perhaps the term 'logic list' is a well known format to some, but I don't think to many. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/linux-pam/ticket/35> linux-pam <http://fedorahosted.org/linux-pam> The Linux-PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) project