This patch does minor rewordings of "Users and Basic Account

Management" subchapter.  Discussed with wblock in ML [1].
  To be followed by a whitespace fix.

1. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2013-December/022936.html
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used to uniquely identify the user to the &os; system. used to uniquely identify the user to the &os; system.
Commands that allow a user name to be specified will Commands that allow a user name to be specified will
first convert it to the <acronym>UID</acronym>. It is first convert it to the <acronym>UID</acronym>. It is
recommended to use a UID of 65535 or lower as higher recommended to use a UID less than 65535, since higher
UIDs may cause compatibility issues with software that values may cause compatibility issues with some
does not support integers larger than 32-bits.</para> software.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ console none unknown off secure</programlisting>
mechanism that provide additional flexibility when mechanism that provide additional flexibility when
tailoring the system to different users. Login tailoring the system to different users. Login
classes are discussed further in classes are discussed further in
<xref linkend="users-limiting"/></para> <xref linkend="users-limiting"/>.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ console none unknown off secure</programlisting>
<para>The user name uniquely identifies the account to <para>The user name uniquely identifies the account to
&os;, but does not necessarily reflect the user's real &os;, but does not necessarily reflect the user's real
name. Similar to a comment, this information can name. Similar to a comment, this information can
contain a space, uppercase characters, and be more contain spaces, uppercase characters, and be more
than 8 characters long.</para> than 8 characters long.</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
@ -637,11 +637,11 @@ Password:
<para>&os; provides a variety of different commands to manage <para>&os; provides a variety of different commands to manage
user accounts. The most common commands are summarized in user accounts. The most common commands are summarized in
Table 4.1, followed by some examples of their usage. Refer to <xref linkend="users-modifying-utilities"/>, followed by some examples of their usage. See
the manual page for each utility for more details and usage the manual page for each utility for more details and usage
examples.</para> examples.</para>
<table frame="none" pgwide="1"> <table frame="none" pgwide="1" xml:id="users-modifying-utilities">
<title>Utilities for Managing User Accounts</title> <title>Utilities for Managing User Accounts</title>
<tgroup cols="2"> <tgroup cols="2">
@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Password:
<filename>/usr/share/skel</filename>, and can optionally <filename>/usr/share/skel</filename>, and can optionally
mail the new user a welcome message. This utility must be mail the new user a welcome message. This utility must be
run as the run as the
<systemitem class="username">superuser</systemitem>.</para> superuser.</para>
<para>The &man.adduser.8; utility is interactive and walks <para>The &man.adduser.8; utility is interactive and walks
through the steps for creating a new user account. As seen through the steps for creating a new user account. As seen
@ -724,8 +724,8 @@ Password:
shown in square brackets. In this example, the user has shown in square brackets. In this example, the user has
been invited into the been invited into the
<systemitem class="groupname">wheel</systemitem> group, <systemitem class="groupname">wheel</systemitem> group,
which is required to provide the account with superuser allowing them to become the superuser with &man.su.1;.
access. When finished, the utility will prompt to either When finished, the utility will prompt to either
create another user or to exit.</para> create another user or to exit.</para>
<example xml:id="users-modifying-adduser"> <example xml:id="users-modifying-adduser">