Subject: bin/11652: man page for userdel incorectly report behavior of -p option
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <jmaier@midamerica.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/06/2000 16:41:19
>Number:         11652
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       man page for userdel incorectly report behavior of -p option
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 06 16:41:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Maier
>Release:        1.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD newmail 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (MAIL) #6: Tue Dec  5 10:03:39 CST 2000     root@newmail:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MAIL i386

>Description:
The man page says that the -p will change the user's shell to the false program, this it doesn't.

(from the man page)
     -p      preserve the user information in the password file, but do not
             allow the user to login, by switching the password to an
             ``impossible'' one, and by setting the user's shell to the
             false(1) program.
>How-To-Repeat:
man userdel
>Fix:
fix the userdel command or modify the man page.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: