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[2/4] docs/manual: document makeusers group-only creation

Message ID 1413901599-27312-2-git-send-email-gustavo@zacarias.com.ar
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Gustavo Zacarias Oct. 21, 2014, 2:26 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
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 docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt | 2 ++
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Yann E. MORIN Oct. 21, 2014, 4:33 p.m. UTC | #1
Gustavo, All,

On 2014-10-21 11:26 -0300, Gustavo Zacarias spake thusly:
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
> ---
>  docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
> index 5b3f347..8e64a0e 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
> @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ There are a few restrictions on the content of each field:
>  If +home+ is not +-+, then the home directory, and all files below,
>  will belong to the user and its main group.
>  
> +If +username+ is +-+, then just a group will be created.
> +

I would have preferred we add this to the existing explanations about
the user filed, lsomething like:

    - +username+ is the desired user name (aka login name) for the user.
      It can not be +root+, and must be unique. If set to +-+, then just
      a group will be created.

But I won;t be pedantic about this, so if the maintainer wants it as-is,
you get my:

Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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diff --git a/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
index 5b3f347..8e64a0e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@  There are a few restrictions on the content of each field:
 If +home+ is not +-+, then the home directory, and all files below,
 will belong to the user and its main group.
 
+If +username+ is +-+, then just a group will be created.
+
 Examples:
 
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