[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#355010: passwd: grammar in chgpasswd.8

Justin Pryzby justinpryzby at users.sourceforge.net
Thu Mar 2 18:07:40 UTC 2006


Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.14-4
Severity: minor

CAVEATS
       Remember keep protected for reading by others file passed to
       standard input chpasswd command if it contains unencrypted
       passwords.

This grammar is terrible; I suggest the following replacement:

CAVEATS
       Remember to set permissions or umask to prevent readability of
       unencrypted files by other users.




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