[patch] document useradd behavior when run without the -g option

Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:27:16 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.pld.shadow.general
Organization wh0rd.org
Message-ID <[email protected]>
a user submitted a bug that useradd behaved "incorrectly" when run with the -G 
option but not the -g option

ive attached a patch for the useradd(8) manpage which spells out the behavior 
of useradd when the -g option is omitted
-mike
shadow-useradd-no-gid-option.patch (text/x-diff, 604 B)
2006-04-07  Mike Frysinger  <[email protected]>

	* man/useradd.8.xml: Document behavior when -g is not specified.

--- man/useradd.8.xml
+++ man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
 	will update system files and may also create the new user's home
 	directory and copy initial files.
       </para>
+      <para>
+	When invoked without the <option>-g</option> option, the
+	<command>useradd</command> command automatically creates a new group
+	account with the same name as the new user account and sets that as
+	the user's initial login group.
+      </para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1 id='options'>