tweak config checking slightly

[opendoas.git] / doas.conf.5

diff --git a/doas.conf.5 b/doas.conf.5
index 6f9316411a240d3009fd656e8b052ddeea09f84b..6cc58a47159b28a041cfb8b1ba2ab2d581364157 100644 (file)
--- a/doas.conf.5
+++ b/doas.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: doas.conf.5,v 1.8 2015/07/21 11:04:06 zhuk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: doas.conf.5,v 1.10 2015/07/22 20:15:24 zhuk Exp $
 .\"
 .\"Copyright (c) 2015 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
 .\"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .\"WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
 .\"ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\"OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 21 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 22 2015 $
 .Dt DOAS.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -82,11 +82,25 @@ alone means that command should be run without any arguments.
 .Pp
 The last matching rule determines the action taken.
 .Pp
-The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash
-.Pq Sq \e .
 Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
 .Pq Sq # ,
 and extend to the end of the current line.
+.Pp
+The following quoting rules apply:
+.Bl -dash
+.It
+The text between a pair of double quotes
+.Pq Sq \&"
+is taken as is.
+.It
+The backslash character
+.Pq Sq \e
+escapes the next character, including new line characters, outside comments;
+as a result, comments may not be extended over multiple lines.
+.It
+If quotes or backslashes are used in a word,
+it isn't considered a keyword.
+.El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following example permits users in group wsrc to build ports,
 wheel to execute commands as root while keeping the environment