[Adduser-devel] Bug#334315: adduser: describe difference between user group and system group

[Faheem Mitha]

Package: adduser
Version: 3.63
Severity: minor


Hi, 

The man page of adduser/addgroup says

*************************************************************************
  Add a user group
         If adduser is called with the --group option and without the
--system option, or addgroup is called respectively, a user
       group will be added.
       
              A  GID  will be chosen from the range specified for user UIDS
in the configuration file.  The GID can be overridden with
       the --gid option.
       
              The group is created with no users.
	      
	         Add a system group
		        If addgroup is called with the --system option, a
system group will be added.

       A GID will be chosen from the range specified for user UIDS in the
configuration file.  The GID can be  overridden  with
       the --gid option.
       
              The group is created with no users.
	      
*************************************************************************

This does not look quite right. I think that in

"Add a system group 

If addgroup is called with the --system option, a system group will be
added. A GID will be chosen from the range specified for user UIDS in the
configuration file."

the "user UIDs" should read "system UIDs".

Also, why not add a reference to the man page pointing to Debian Policy
9.2.2 for further information?

                                                                  Faheem.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (50, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27.040914
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf                 1.4.30.13        Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and
ii  perl-base               5.8.4-8          The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

adduser recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* adduser/homedir-permission: true