[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#412234: Bug#412234: passwd.1: please SEE ALSO:getent

[Nicolas François]

Hello,

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:56:12PM -0800, e2xbegqsdyt21hfc at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> Please make passwd(1) refer to getent. getent seems to
> supply a unified method to get information out of
> system database. Some users are likely to look for it
> at times.

getent(1) is already indirectly referenced by passwd(1) (in passwd(5))

passwd(1) is mostly used to change one field of one of the system
database.
Moreover, people who will use getent will need the description of the
format of the database, and will have to read passwd(5).

Thus I would prefer to keep it as it is currently.

Any other opinions?

-- 
Nekral