[Pkg-shadow-commits] r2590 - in upstream/trunk: . man
Nicolas FRANCOIS
nekral-guest at alioth.debian.org
Sun Apr 5 21:23:55 UTC 2009
Author: nekral-guest
Date: 2009-04-05 21:23:55 +0000 (Sun, 05 Apr 2009)
New Revision: 2590
Modified:
upstream/trunk/ChangeLog
upstream/trunk/man/usermod.8.xml
Log:
* man/usermod.8.xml: Split some paragraphs into smaller units.
Modified: upstream/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/ChangeLog 2009-04-05 21:23:42 UTC (rev 2589)
+++ upstream/trunk/ChangeLog 2009-04-05 21:23:55 UTC (rev 2590)
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2009-04-05 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
+ * man/usermod.8.xml: Split some paragraphs into smaller units.
+
+2009-04-05 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
+
* man/shadow.5.xml: Rewrote to mention the meaning of special
values.
Modified: upstream/trunk/man/usermod.8.xml
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/man/usermod.8.xml 2009-04-05 21:23:42 UTC (rev 2589)
+++ upstream/trunk/man/usermod.8.xml 2009-04-05 21:23:55 UTC (rev 2590)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
The options which apply to the <command>usermod</command> command
are:
</para>
- <variablelist remap='IP'>
+ <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-a</option>, <option>--append</option>
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The user's new login directory. If the <option>-m</option>
+ The user's new login directory.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If the <option>-m</option>
option is given the contents of the current home directory will
be moved to the new home directory, which is created if it does
not already exist.
@@ -129,7 +132,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
The number of days after a password expires until the account is
- permanently disabled. A value of 0 disables the account as soon
+ permanently disabled.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A value of 0 disables the account as soon
as the password has expired, and a value of -1 disables the
feature. The default value is -1.
</para>
@@ -159,7 +165,10 @@
of. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no
intervening whitespace. The groups are subject to the same
restrictions as the group given with the <option>-g</option>
- option. If the user is currently a member of a group which is
+ option.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If the user is currently a member of a group which is
not listed, the user will be removed from the group. This
behaviour can be changed via the <option>-a</option> option, which
appends the user to the current supplementary group list.
@@ -243,10 +252,16 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The numerical value of the user's ID. This value must be unique,
+ The new numerical value of the user's ID.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This value must be unique,
unless the <option>-o</option> option is used. The value must be
non-negative. Values between 0 and 999 are typically reserved
- for system accounts. Any files which the user owns and which are
+ for system accounts.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Any files which the user owns and which are
located in the directory tree rooted at the user's home
directory will have the file user ID changed automatically.
Files outside of the user's home directory must be altered
@@ -280,7 +295,7 @@
<refsect1 id='caveats'>
<title>CAVEATS</title>
<para>
- <command>usermod</command> will not allow you to change the name of a
+ <command>usermod</command> will not allow you to change the name of an
user who is logged in. You must make certain that the named user is
not executing any processes when this command is being executed if the
user's numerical user ID is being changed. You must change the owner
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