Package: adduser
Version: 3.134
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

here are some fixes.

Input file is adduser.8

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Reduce space between words.

136:without the \fB\-\-system\fP or \fB\-\-group\fP  options,
175:with the \fB\-\-gid\fP  or \fB\-\-ingroup\fP options

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Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an
option, to \-\-

360:Using this option in \fBadduser --system\fP

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Use the correct macro for the font change of a single argument or
split the argument into two.

308:.BR \-\-debug
371:.BR \-\-help
407:.BR \-\-quiet
430:.BR \-\-verbose

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Fix spelling

Nomally -> Normally

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Remove trailing space

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--- adduser.8   2023-06-02 21:14:13.000000000 +0000
+++ adduser.8.new       2023-06-02 23:43:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ see the OPTIONS section.
 \fBadduser\fP and \fBaddgroup\fP can be run in one of five modes:
 .SS "Add a normal user"
 If called with one non-option argument and
-without the \fB\-\-system\fP or \fB\-\-group\fP  options,
+without the \fB\-\-system\fP or \fB\-\-group\fP options,
 \fBadduser\fP will add a normal user,
 that means a
 \fIdynamically allocated user account\fP
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ is explained in detail in
 .PP
 Users' primary groups can also be overridden
 from the command line
-with the \fB\-\-gid\fP  or \fB\-\-ingroup\fP options
+with the \fB\-\-gid\fP or \fB\-\-ingroup\fP options
 to set the group by id or name,
 respectively.
 Also,
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ See VALID NAMES in
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP,
 \fBaddgroup\fP, \fBaddgroup \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-comment " comment "
+.BI \-\-comment " comment"
 Set the comment field for the new entry generated.
 \fBadduser\fP will not ask for the information if this option is given.
 This field is also known under the name GECOS field
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ This used to be the \fB\-\-gecos\fR opti
 which is deprecated and will be removed after Debian bookworm.
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-conf " file "
+.BI \-\-conf " file"
 Use \fIfile\fP instead of \fI/etc/adduser.conf\fP.
 Multiple \fB\-\-conf\fR options can be given.
 .TP
-.BR \-\-debug
+.B \-\-debug
 Activate debugging code.
 .TP
 .B \-\-disabled\-login
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ for reasons that are beyond \fBadduser\f
 \fI/usr/sbin/nologin\fP.
 Valid Mode: \fBadduser\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-firstuid " ID "
+.BI \-\-firstuid " ID"
 .TQ
-.BI \-\-lastuid " ID "
+.BI \-\-lastuid " ID"
 .TQ
-.BI \-\-firstgid " ID "
+.BI \-\-firstgid " ID"
 .TQ
-.BI \-\-lastgid " ID "
+.BI \-\-lastgid " ID"
 Override the first UID / last UID / first GID / last GID
 in the range that the uid is chosen from
 (\fBFIRST_UID\fP, \fBLAST_UID\fP, \fBFIRST_GID\fP and \fBLAST_GID\fP,
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ These are the deprecated forms of \fB\-\
 It will be removed
 during the release cycle of the Debian release after \fIbookworm\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-gid " ID "
+.BI \-\-gid " ID"
 When creating a group,
 this option sets the group ID number of the new group to \fIGID\fP.
 When creating a user,
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \
 \fBaddgroup\fP, \fBaddgroup \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
 .B \-\-group
-Using this option in \fBadduser --system\fP
+Using this option in \fBadduser \-\-system\fP
 indicates that the new user should get
 an identically named group as its primary group.
 If that identically named group is not already present, it is created.
@@ -368,17 +368,17 @@ the program is invoked as \fBaddgroup\fP
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser \-\-system\fP,
 \fBaddgroup\fP, \fBaddgroup \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BR \-\-help
+.B \-\-help
 Display brief instructions.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-home " dir "
+.BI \-\-home " dir"
 Use \fIdir\fP as the user's home directory,
 rather than the default specified by the configuration file
 (or \fI/nonexistent\fP if \fBadduser \-\-system\fP is used).
 If the directory does not exist, it is created.
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-ingroup " GROUP "
+.BI \-\-ingroup " GROUP"
 When creating a user,
 this option sets the primary group ID number of the new user
 to the GID of the named group.
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ the group is specified here by name rath
 The group must already exist.
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-lastuid " ID "
+.BI \-\-lastuid " ID"
 .TQ
-.BI \-\-lastgid " ID "
+.BI \-\-lastgid " ID"
 Override the last UID / last GID.
 See \fB\-\-firstuid\fP.
 .TP
@@ -404,17 +404,17 @@ that some other mechanism will be respon
 for initializing the new user's home directory.
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BR \-\-quiet
+.B \-\-quiet
 Suppress informational messages, only show warnings and errors.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-shell " shell "
+.BI \-\-shell " shell"
 Use \fIshell\fP as the user's login shell,
 rather than the default specified by the configuration file
 (or \fI/usr/sbin/nologin\fP if \fBadduser \-\-system\fP is used).
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
 .B \-\-system
-Nomally, \fBadduser\fP creates
+Normally, \fBadduser\fP creates
 \fIdynamically allocated user accounts and groups\fP
 as defined in Debian Policy, Chapter 9.2.2.
 With this option, \fBadduser\fP creates a
@@ -422,12 +422,12 @@ With this option, \fBadduser\fP creates
 and changes its mode respectively.
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBaddgroup\fP.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-uid  " ID "
+.BI \-\-uid  " ID"
 Force the new userid to be the given number.
 \fBadduser\fP will fail if the userid is already taken.
 Valid Modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
-.BR \-\-verbose
+.B \-\-verbose
 Be more verbose.
 .TP
 .BR \-v " , " \-\-version


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.0
  APT prefers testing-security
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.27-1 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1), 
LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  passwd  1:4.13+dfsg1-1+b1

adduser recommends no packages.

Versions of packages adduser suggests:
ii  cron                    3.0pl1-162
ii  liblocale-gettext-perl  1.07-5
ii  perl                    5.36.0-7
pn  quota                   <none>

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  adduser/homedir-permission: true
  adduser/title:

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