Package: pwgen Version: 2.04-1 Severity: minor Tags: patch
Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/pwgen.1.gz', see attached '.diff'. Hope this helps... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages pwgen depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an pwgen recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
--- - 2005-08-17 01:49:57.310175000 -0400 +++ /tmp/pwgen1.gz.21727 2005-08-17 01:49:57.000000000 -0400 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ its default behaviour is differs depending on whether the standard output is a tty device or a pipe to another program. Used interactively, .B pwgen -will display a screenful of passwords, allowing the user to pick a single +will display a screenfull of passwords, allowing the user to pick a single password, and then quickly erase the screen. This prevents someone from being able to "shoulder-surf" the user's chosen password. .PP @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ backwards compatibility reasons, .B pwgen will not use upper case letters or numbers by default in this mode, -although this can be overriden using the +although this can be overridden using the .B \-n and .B \-c @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ .B \-B, --ambiguous Don't use characters that could be confused by the user when printed, such as 'l' and '1', or '0' or 'O'. This reduces the number of possible -passwords signficantly, and as such reduces the quality of the +passwords significantly, and as such reduces the quality of the passwords. It may be useful for users who have bad vision, but in general use of this option is not recommended. .TP @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ .B \-N, --num-passwords=\fInum Generate .I num -passwords. This defaults to a screenful if passwords are +passwords. This defaults to a screenfull if passwords are printed by columns, and one password. .TP .B \-n, --numerals
