[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#706003: passwd: usermod -o requires -u

[Nicolas François]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 01:06:11PM +0200, tfheen at err.no wrote:
> 
> Because I have multiple users with the same UID, obviously.  It was
> previously required, I think.
> 
> > Wouldn't it be sufficient to use the following?
> > 	usermod -p '$hash' root
> 
> Seems like it.  I'd like the UI to not change around though, since I
> drive this from automation scripts which then have to special-case each
> version.

I don't think -o was necessary in any version.
Or was it?
(I just checked a recent and very old version)

(-o is needed when usermod would create a duplicate UID)

In previous versions there were less checks on the validity of options and
combinations, but that part I would like to keep.

Best Regards,
-- 
Nekral