Package: passwd Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+b1 Severity: minor Tags: patch
Hi, the 'vipw' program uses a file that isn't documented. The attached patch should fill this gap, although I haven't tried to build the package with it. Enjoy, Toni -- System Information: Debian Release: 12.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-18-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages passwd depends on: ii libaudit1 1:3.0.9-1 ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u4 ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.33-2 ii libpam-modules 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 ii libpam0g 1.5.2-6+deb12u1 ii libselinux1 3.4-1+b6 ii libsemanage2 3.4-1+b5 Versions of packages passwd recommends: ii sensible-utils 0.0.17+nmu1 passwd suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
diff --git a/man/vipw.8.xml b/man/vipw.8.xml index 4caddcb..9775af7 100644 --- a/man/vipw.8.xml +++ b/man/vipw.8.xml @@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vi</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. </para> + <para> + On the first run, this program asks you for an editor and stores your + selection in ~/.selected_editor. If the editor mentioned therein does + not exist on your system, the program will fall back to using 'nano'. + </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 id='options'> @@ -210,6 +215,9 @@ <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>gshadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry> + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>~/.selected_editor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> <citerefentry condition="tcb"> <refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry>,