shadow-utils/shadow-4.8.1-useradd-man-clarification.patch

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From 6543c600d841e4f7779269412d470e50eae25b13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 14:50:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] useradd: clarify the useradd -d parameter behavior in man
page
Explanation: clarify the useradd -d parameter as it does create directory HOME_DIR if it doesn't exit.
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677005
Changelog: [serge] minor tweak to the text
---
man/useradd.8.xml | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index 03612ce8..023c0d69 100644
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -181,8 +181,10 @@
login directory. The default is to append the
<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> name to
<replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> and use that as the login
- directory name. The directory <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable>
- does not have to exist but will not be created if it is missing.
+ directory name. If the directory
+ <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> does not exist, then it
+ will be created unless the <option>-M</option> option is
+ specified.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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