Package: adduser Version: 3.134 Severity: minor Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
here are some fixes. Input file is adduser.8 ##### 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 ##### Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an option, to \-\- 360:Using this option in \fBadduser --system\fP ##### 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 ##### Fix spelling Nomally -> Normally ##### Remove trailing space ##### --- 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> -- debconf information: adduser/homedir-permission: true adduser/title: