document that the directory where user's home is created must exist

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Tomas Mraz 2013-10-18 16:33:21 +02:00
parent 462b4b2f45
commit 317fc748b3
2 changed files with 44 additions and 5 deletions

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diff -up shadow-4.1.5.1/man/man8/useradd.8.manfix shadow-4.1.5.1/man/man8/useradd.8
--- shadow-4.1.5.1/man/man8/useradd.8.manfix 2013-07-25 10:39:00.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/man/man8/useradd.8 2013-10-18 16:29:41.003281715 +0200
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ by default\&.
Any text string\&. It is generally a short description of the login, and is currently used as the field for the user\*(Aqs full name\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-home\fR \fIHOME_DIR\fR
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-home\-dir\fR \fIHOME_DIR\fR
.RS 4
The new user will be created using
\fIHOME_DIR\fR
@@ -220,9 +220,13 @@ option) will be copied to the home direc
By default, if this option is not specified and
\fBCREATE_HOME\fR
is not enabled, no home directories are created\&.
+.sp
+The directory where the user\*(Aqs home directory is created must
+exist and have proper SELinux context and permissions\&. Otherwise
+the user\*(Aqs home directory cannot be created or accessed\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-M\fR
+\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-no\-create\-home\fR
.RS 4
Do not create the user\*(Aqs home directory, even if the system wide setting from
/etc/login\&.defs
diff -up shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml.manfix shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml
--- shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml.manfix 2013-06-14 15:25:44.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml 2013-07-19 07:33:53.768619759 +0200
--- shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml.manfix 2013-07-25 10:39:00.115637664 +0200
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml 2013-10-18 16:22:13.151437562 +0200
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -10,7 +37,16 @@ diff -up shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xml.manfix shadow-4.1.5.1/man/useradd.8.xm
<replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
@@ -358,11 +358,16 @@
<option>CREATE_HOME</option> is not enabled, no home
directories are created.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The directory where the user's home directory is created must
+ exist and have proper SELinux context and permissions. Otherwise
+ the user's home directory cannot be created or accessed.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>

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Summary: Utilities for managing accounts and shadow password files
Name: shadow-utils
Version: 4.1.5.1
Release: 8%{?dist}
Release: 9%{?dist}
Epoch: 2
URL: http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/
Source0: http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/releases/shadow-%{version}.tar.bz2
@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now"
--without-libcrack \
--without-libpam \
--disable-shared \
--with-group-name-max-length=32
--with-group-name-max-length=32
make
%install
@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%{_mandir}/man8/vigr.8*
%changelog
* Fri Oct 18 2013 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 2:4.1.5.1-9
- document that the directory where user's home is created must exist
* Thu Jul 25 2013 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 2:4.1.5.1-8
- slightly more meaningful error messages if crypt() returns NULL (#988184)
- explicit suid permissions