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diff --git a/man/man8/usermod.8 b/man/man8/usermod.8 index ea9adce1..4b86d362 100644 --- a/man/man8/usermod.8 +++ b/man/man8/usermod.8 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: usermod .\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 01/23/2020 +.\" Date: 07/22/2021 .\" Manual: System Management Commands -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.8.1 +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.9 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "USERMOD" "8" "01/23/2020" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8\&.1" "System Management Commands" +.TH "USERMOD" "8" "07/22/2021" "shadow\-utils 4\&.9" "System Management Commands" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The user\*(Aqs new login directory\&. .sp If the \fB\-m\fR -option is given, the contents of the current home directory will be moved to the new home directory, which is created if it does not already exist\&. +option is given, the contents of the current home directory will be moved to the new home directory, which is created if it does not already exist\&. If the current home directory does not exist the new home directory will not be created\&. .RE .PP \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-expiredate\fR\ \&\fIEXPIRE_DATE\fR @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ The group name or number of the user\*(Aqs new initial login group\&. The group Any file from the user\*(Aqs home directory owned by the previous primary group of the user will be owned by this new group\&. .sp The group ownership of files outside of the user\*(Aqs home directory must be fixed manually\&. +.sp +The change of the group ownership of files inside of the user\*(Aqs home directory is also not done if the home dir owner uid is different from the current or new user id\&. This is a safety measure for special home directories such as +/\&. .RE .PP \fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-groups\fR\ \&\fIGROUP1\fR[\fI,GROUP2,\&.\&.\&.\fR[\fI,GROUPN\fR]]] @@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ to .PP \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-move\-home\fR .RS 4 -Move the content of the user\*(Aqs home directory to the new location\&. +Move the content of the user\*(Aqs home directory to the new location\&. If the current home directory does not exist the new home directory will not be created\&. .sp This option is only valid in combination with the \fB\-d\fR @@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ directory\&. This option does not chroot and is intended for preparing a cross\- .PP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-shell\fR\ \&\fISHELL\fR .RS 4 -The name of the user\*(Aqs new login shell\&. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell\&. +The path of the user\*(Aqs new login shell\&. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell\&. .RE .PP \fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-uid\fR\ \&\fIUID\fR @@ -207,6 +210,9 @@ The user\*(Aqs mailbox, and any files which the user owns and which are located .sp The ownership of files outside of the user\*(Aqs home directory must be fixed manually\&. .sp +The change of the user ownership of files inside of the user\*(Aqs home directory is also not done if the home dir owner uid is different from the current or new user id\&. This is a safety measure for special home directories such as +/\&. +.sp No checks will be performed with regard to the \fBUID_MIN\fR, \fBUID_MAX\fR, |