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userdel: clarify "-f" usage 311/head
authorikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:21:42 +0000 (12:21 +0100)
committerikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:21:42 +0000 (12:21 +0100)
src/userdel.c: clarify the examples for "-f" option

src/userdel.c

index 2a09f4598bfe8c265251d362e9635dc272c75afa..4248ab80d31828d9aca1f9bc04f2d8b30ce00180 100644 (file)
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ static void usage (int status)
                          "\n"
                          "Options:\n"),
                        Prog);
-       (void) fputs (_("  -f, --force                   force removal of files,\n"
-                       "                                even if not owned by user\n"),
+       (void) fputs (_("  -f, --force                   force some actions that would fail otherwise\n"
+                       "                                e.g. removal of user still logged in\n"
+                       "                                or files, even if not owned by the user\n"),
                      usageout);
        (void) fputs (_("  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit\n"), usageout);
        (void) fputs (_("  -r, --remove                  remove home directory and mail spool\n"), usageout);