From: Dominika Borges <dvagnero@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:58:28 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man/: wfix useradd inactive
X-Git-Tag: 4.18.0-rc2~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=abfcddc79831c1fe45a92cb1f189b532250faa11;p=thirdparty%2Fshadow.git

man/: wfix useradd inactive
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diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index b842c8c3e..c9f09dd4e 100644
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -200,19 +200,28 @@
 	</term>
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>
-            defines the number of days after the password exceeded its maximum
-            age where the user is expected to replace this password. The value
-            is stored in the shadow password file. An input of 0 will disable an
-            expired password with no delay. An input of -1 will blank the
-            respective field in the shadow password file. See <citerefentry>
+	    Defines the number of days after a password exceeds its maximum age
+	    before the user account gets locked.
+	    If the user does not change their password within this period of time,
+	    their account gets disabled.
+	    This value is stored in the shadow password file.
+	    For more information, see <citerefentry>
 	    <refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-            </citerefentry>for more information.
+	    </citerefentry>.
 	  </para>
 	  <para>
-	    If not specified, <command>useradd</command> will use the
-	    default inactivity period specified by the
-	    <option>INACTIVE</option> variable in
-	    <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or -1 by default.
+	    A value of 0 disables the account when the password expires, with no delay.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    A value of -1 empties the respective field in the shadow password file,
+	    which means that the inactivity period is not enforced.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    If not specified,
+	    <command>useradd</command> uses the default inactivity
+	    period specified by the <option>INACTIVE</option> variable in
+	    <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>,
+	    or -1 by default if no value is specified.
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -651,10 +660,9 @@
 	  </term>
 	  <listitem>
 	    <para>
-              defines the number of days after the password exceeded its maximum
-              age where the user is expected to replace this password. See <citerefentry>
-	      <refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-              </citerefentry>for more information.
+	      specifies the number of days after a password expires
+	      during which the user can still log in.
+	      After this period, the account is locked.
 	    </para>
 	    <para>
 	      This option sets the <option>INACTIVE</option> variable in