[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#951480: Misleading status message when lock password with "--lock"

[Brian Wengel]

Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.5-1.1

When using the option "--lock", passwd will print the following status
message:
"passwd: password expiry information changed."

I assume the "--lock" option only lock the password (sing !) and neither
change the expiration date of the account or any of the other date
attributes of a local account, an as such, should not use the word
"expiry", or the like,  in the status message, as the user will be in doubt
of what was actually changed, and not only locking the password as one will
expect.
I would suggest the status message is changed to something like "passwd:
password was locked"

If it does change some of the date attributes then please update the
manual, as it only says it only lock the password with "!"
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