[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#445480: gpasswd -h and man page are not helping. there is better help in gpasswd.c:159

[alex bodnaru]

Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.18.1-11
Severity: normal

i have found better explanation in comments in gpasswd.c:159:

 * gpasswd - administer the /etc/group file
 *
 *	-a user		add user to the named group
 *	-d user		remove user from the named group
 *	-r		remove password from the named group
 *	-R		restrict access to the named group
 *	-A user,...	make list of users the administrative users
 *	-M user,...	make list of users the group members


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii  debianutils                2.25          Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                      2.6.1-1+b1    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libpam-modules             0.99.7.1-4    Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam0g                   0.99.7.1-4    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1                2.0.15-2+b1   SELinux shared libraries
ii  login                      1:4.0.18.1-11 system login tools

passwd recommends no packages.

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