documentation/3257: useradd(8) man page does not describe effect of not using -p password

From: <Ross.Richardson(at)utas.edu.au>
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 20:15:55 EDT

>Number: 3257
>Category: documentation
>Synopsis: useradd(8) man page does not describe effect of not specifying password
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed May 14 00:30:02 GMT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ross L Richardson
>Release: current
>Organization:

University of Tasmania
>Environment:

	System      : OpenBSD 3.2
	Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
	Machine     : i386

>Description:

	The man page for useradd(8) does not mention the effect of
	not specifying "-p password" (i.e. that the account is disabled)

>How-To-Repeat:

	man useradd

>Fix:

	Perhaps something along the lines of :
--- useradd.8.orig	Sat Nov  9 13:55:45 2002
+++ useradd.8	Wed May 14 10:09:53 2003

@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
 .Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
 file - it has the format:
 .D1 Ic password Ar encrypted-password
+.Pp
+If this option is not specified, the account is disabled.  .It Fl s Ar shell
 specifies the login shell for the new user.  This value can be preset for all users

>Release-Note:
Received on Tue May 13 20:32:42 2003