Man: Document FORCE_SHADOW option in login.defs(5) - #1730
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| If set to <replaceable>yes</replaceable>, | ||
| the shadow utilities will create the shadow passwd and | ||
| shadow group files if | ||
| <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> or | ||
| <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> are missing and | ||
| use them. | ||
| The default value is <replaceable>no</replaceable>. |
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Let's just name /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow in the first reference:
If set to <replaceable>yes</replaceable>,
the shadow utilities will create
<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>
and/or
<filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>
if they are missing,
and use them.
The default value is <replaceable>no</replaceable>.@hallyn , @ikerexxe , I've never used this feature, and thus don't know it enough; if you know it, please verify that this text matches the actual behavior.
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Hi @alejandro-colomar I have rephrased the text in FORCE_SHADOW.xml file.
One more question - do I need to add FORCE_SHADOW under CROSS REFERENCES section as well ? (as of now, I did it for a few but not for all)
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I don't know. What do we do for similar variables?
FORCE_SHADOW option is already implemented in code but it was missing from the man-page. Signed-off-by: Akshay Sakure <asakure@redhat.com>
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FORCE_SHADOWoption is already implemented in codebut it was missing from the login.defs(5) man-page.