[Pkg-shadow-commits] r1985 - in upstream/trunk: . man

[nekral-guest at alioth.debian.org]

Author: nekral-guest
Date: 2008-05-19 19:43:24 +0000 (Mon, 19 May 2008)
New Revision: 1985

Modified:
   upstream/trunk/ChangeLog
   upstream/trunk/NEWS
   upstream/trunk/man/useradd.8.xml
Log:
Document the -r, --system option.


Modified: upstream/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/ChangeLog	2008-05-18 16:38:13 UTC (rev 1984)
+++ upstream/trunk/ChangeLog	2008-05-19 19:43:24 UTC (rev 1985)
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-19  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
+
+	* NEWS, man/useradd.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
+
 2008-05-18  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
 
 	Import Debian patch 487_passwd_chauthtok_failed_message

Modified: upstream/trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/NEWS	2008-05-18 16:38:13 UTC (rev 1984)
+++ upstream/trunk/NEWS	2008-05-19 19:43:24 UTC (rev 1985)
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 - vipw
   * Resume properly after ^Z.
 
+*** documentation:
+- Document the -r, --system option in the useradd manpage.
+
 shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1						02-04-2008
 
 *** general:

Modified: upstream/trunk/man/useradd.8.xml
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/man/useradd.8.xml	2008-05-18 16:38:13 UTC (rev 1984)
+++ upstream/trunk/man/useradd.8.xml	2008-05-19 19:43:24 UTC (rev 1985)
@@ -283,6 +283,24 @@
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
 	<term>
+	  <option>-r</option>, <option>--system</option>
+	</term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    Create a system account.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    System users will be created with no aging information in
+	    <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and will use the
+	    <option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
+	    range for their user's ID instead of
+	    <option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
+	    <option>GID</option> counterparts for the creation of groups).
+	  </para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term>
 	  <option>-s</option>, <option>--shell</option>
 	  <replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
 	</term>