A comment character ('#') is only special at the beginning of the

line.

diff --git a/doc/sudoers.ldap.cat b/doc/sudoers.ldap.cat
index 587b62efd2b06a6f11d8e2e9217edf68cdf0c232..6f70c061fa8e2cf8874b19643fcb7c69797a770d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudoers.ldap.cat
+++ b/doc/sudoers.ldap.cat
@@ -315,11 +315,10 @@ D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
      by s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo are honored.  Configuration options are listed below in upper
      case but are parsed in a case-independent manner.
 
-     The pound sign (`#') is used to indicate a comment.  Both the comment
-     character and any text after it, up to the end of the line, are ignored.
-     Long lines can be continued with a backslash (`\') as the last character
-     on the line.  Note that leading white space is removed from the beginning
-     of lines even when the continuation character is used.
+     Lines beginning with a pound sign (`#') are ignored.  Long lines can be
+     continued with a backslash (`\') as the last character on the line.  Note
+     that leading white space is removed from the beginning of lines even when
+     the continuation character is used.
 
      B\bBI\bIN\bND\bD_\b_T\bTI\bIM\bME\bEL\bLI\bIM\bMI\bIT\bT _\bs_\be_\bc_\bo_\bn_\bd_\bs
            The B\bBI\bIN\bND\bD_\b_T\bTI\bIM\bME\bEL\bLI\bIM\bMI\bIT\bT parameter specifies the amount of time, in
@@ -907,4 +906,4 @@ D\bDI\bIS\bSC\bCL\bLA\bAI\bIM\bME\bER\bR
      file distributed with s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html for
      complete details.
 
-Sudo 1.8.18                      June 15, 2016                     Sudo 1.8.18
+Sudo 1.8.18                    September 1, 2016                   Sudo 1.8.18

diff --git a/doc/sudoers.ldap.man.in b/doc/sudoers.ldap.man.in
index be31a6b340e20f2a65602bd1ec7b5e713ade4c2f..8454d85aee2ba03d3418e467087cb4fcc2a7df2d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudoers.ldap.man.in
+++ b/doc/sudoers.ldap.man.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.TH "SUDOERS.LDAP" "5" "June 15, 2016" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual"
+.TH "SUDOERS.LDAP" "5" "September 1, 2016" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual"
 .nh
 .if n .ad l
 .SH "NAME"
@@ -559,11 +559,9 @@ are honored.
 Configuration options are listed below in upper case but are parsed
 in a case-independent manner.
 .PP
-The pound sign
+Lines beginning with a pound sign
 (\(oq#\(cq)
-is used to indicate a comment.
-Both the comment character and any text after it, up to the end of
-the line, are ignored.
+are ignored.
 Long lines can be continued with a backslash
 (\(oq\e\(cq)
 as the last character on the line.

diff --git a/doc/sudoers.ldap.mdoc.in b/doc/sudoers.ldap.mdoc.in
index b6da6e8a4bdce18fc02656cc61133767a0e8fcbe..93613eb364fa67568a8e11d4ddfcee20991a9b35 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudoers.ldap.mdoc.in
+++ b/doc/sudoers.ldap.mdoc.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd June 15, 2016
+.Dd September 1, 2016
 .Dt SUDOERS.LDAP @mansectform@
 .Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 .Sh NAME
@@ -531,11 +531,9 @@ are honored.
 Configuration options are listed below in upper case but are parsed
 in a case-independent manner.
 .Pp
-The pound sign
+Lines beginning with a pound sign
 .Pq Ql #
-is used to indicate a comment.
-Both the comment character and any text after it, up to the end of
-the line, are ignored.
+are ignored.
 Long lines can be continued with a backslash
 .Pq Ql \e
 as the last character on the line.