From 50916c195b11de09e53784e19d15833b421ba187 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nekral-guest Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 22:17:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * man/newusers.8.xml: Added notes regarding the ownership of files. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ man/newusers.8.xml | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e595f41a..0b1e91e1 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-05-20 Nicolas François + + * man/newusers.8.xml: Added notes regarding the ownership of + files. + 2009-05-19 Nicolas François * man/groupmod.8.xml: Split the -g option description into smaller diff --git a/man/newusers.8.xml b/man/newusers.8.xml index 8cda0b28..d80f802b 100644 --- a/man/newusers.8.xml +++ b/man/newusers.8.xml @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ newusers), the UID of the specified user will be used. + + If the UID of an existing user is changed, the files ownership + of the user's file should be fixed manually. + @@ -190,6 +194,12 @@ specified directory is created, with ownership set to the user being created or updated and its primary group. + + If the home directory of an existing user is changed, + newusers does not move or copy the content + of the old directory to the new location. This should be done + manually. +