[Pkg-shadow-commits] r2420 - in upstream/trunk: . man

[nekral-guest at alioth.debian.org]

Author: nekral-guest
Date: 2008-09-20 10:53:00 +0000 (Sat, 20 Sep 2008)
New Revision: 2420

Modified:
   upstream/trunk/ChangeLog
   upstream/trunk/man/passwd.1.xml
Log:
	* man/passwd.1.xml: passwd cannot change the full name of the
	user, the user's login shell; but it can change the account or
	password validity period. Thanks to Reuben Thomas.


Modified: upstream/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/ChangeLog	2008-09-14 14:10:48 UTC (rev 2419)
+++ upstream/trunk/ChangeLog	2008-09-20 10:53:00 UTC (rev 2420)
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-09-20  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
+
+	* man/passwd.1.xml: passwd cannot change the full name of the
+	user, the user's login shell; but it can change the account or
+	password validity period. Thanks to Reuben Thomas.
+
 2008-09-14  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois at centraliens.net>
 
 	* src/useradd.c: Added missing declaration of Mflg.

Modified: upstream/trunk/man/passwd.1.xml
===================================================================
--- upstream/trunk/man/passwd.1.xml	2008-09-14 14:10:48 UTC (rev 2419)
+++ upstream/trunk/man/passwd.1.xml	2008-09-20 10:53:00 UTC (rev 2420)
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@
       The <command>passwd</command> command changes passwords for user accounts.
       A normal user may only change the password for his/her own account, while
       the superuser may change the password for any account.
-      <command>passwd</command> also changes account information, such as
-      the full name of the user, the user's login shell, or his/her password
-      expiry date and interval.
+      <command>passwd</command> also changes the account or associated
+      password validity period.
     </para>
 
     <refsect2 id='password_changes'>