Bug#412234: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#412234: passwd: please SEE ALSO: usermod

[Christian Perrier]

tags 412234 wontfix
thanks


> Plus, they're in the same package, so no chance to have one installed
> and not the other (plus, the package is Prio: required, so is
> essen^Walmost guaranteed to be available).
> 
> usermod already refers to passwd.


I'm not really convinced, here.

It's pretty logical that usermod refers to passwd, as newly created
users will need to use passwd at some moment. I don't think that the
opposite is needed.

We can't really have all manpages refer to each other just because the
utilities are in the same package.

My current mood is at least to tag the bug as "wontfix" and, just like
other bugs we tag this way, finally close it (IMO, "wontfix" should be
a temporary state and I don't buy wontfix bugs that remain open for
ages).




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Bug#412234: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#412234: passwd: please SEE ALSO: usermod

[Justin Pryzby]

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 08:36:05PM +0100, Nicolas François wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 01:37:14PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > Please make passwd(1) refer to usermod and/or some of the other tools
> > from this package.
> 
> What would be the rational for adding a reference to usermod(8) in the
> passwd man page?
It does comparable things (lock, expiration), and is useful for
remembering the other commands.  This isn't just a hypothetical request:
I would have used the usermod interface if passwd has referred to it;
instead, I ended up using vipw (er, actually vim..).

Plus, they're in the same package, so no chance to have one installed
and not the other (plus, the package is Prio: required, so is
essen^Walmost guaranteed to be available).

usermod already refers to passwd.

Cheers
Justin

Bug#412234: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#412234: passwd: please SEE ALSO: usermod

[Nicolas François]

Hello,

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 01:37:14PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Please make passwd(1) refer to usermod and/or some of the other tools
> from this package.

What would be the rational for adding a reference to usermod(8) in the
passwd man page?

Regards,
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Bug#412234: passwd: please SEE ALSO: usermod

[Justin Pryzby]

Package: passwd
Version: 4.0.18.1-6
Severity: wishlist

Please make passwd(1) refer to usermod and/or some of the other tools
from this package.


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