Subject: bin/11652: man page for userdel incorectly report behavior of -p option
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <jmaier@midamerica.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/06/2000 16:41:19
>Number: 11652
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: man page for userdel incorectly report behavior of -p option
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 06 16:41:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Maier
>Release: 1.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD newmail 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (MAIL) #6: Tue Dec 5 10:03:39 CST 2000 root@newmail:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MAIL i386
>Description:
The man page says that the -p will change the user's shell to the false program, this it doesn't.
(from the man page)
-p preserve the user information in the password file, but do not
allow the user to login, by switching the password to an
``impossible'' one, and by setting the user's shell to the
false(1) program.
>How-To-Repeat:
man userdel
>Fix:
fix the userdel command or modify the man page.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: