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Note the use of an ampersand in the comment field 314/head
authorSevan Janiyan <venture37@geeklan.co.uk>
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:56:38 +0000 (23:56 +0000)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:56:38 +0000 (23:56 +0000)
man/passwd.5.xml

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       (but the user may log in the system by other means).
     </para>
     <para>
-      The comment field is used by various system utilities, such as
+      The comment field, also known as the gecos field, is used by
+      various system utilities, such as
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>finger</refentrytitle>
-      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The use of an ampersand
+      here will be replaced by the capitalised login name when the field
+      is used or displayed by such system utilities.
     </para>
 
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