From: Dominika Borges <dvagnero@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:54:31 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man/: wfix usermod inactive
X-Git-Tag: 4.18.0-rc2~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe49b677c40dae1da2be515cc97b797c1f2b62dd;p=thirdparty%2Fshadow.git

man/: wfix usermod inactive
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diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index 5e65cdb69..fd9ff6979 100644
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 	    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.
+	    their account becomes inactive.
 	    This value is stored in the shadow password file.
 	    For more information, see <citerefentry>
 	    <refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
diff --git a/man/usermod.8.xml b/man/usermod.8.xml
index fcbd71090..61b5e3a9c 100644
--- a/man/usermod.8.xml
+++ b/man/usermod.8.xml
@@ -153,19 +153,23 @@
 	</term>
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>
-	    defines the number of days after the password exceeded its maximum
-	    age during which the user may still login by immediately replacing
-	    the password. This grace period before the account becomes inactive
-	    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>
-	    <refentrytitle>shadow</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-	    </citerefentry> for more information.
-	  </para>
-	  <para>
-	    This option requires a <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file.
-	    A <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> entry will be created if
-	    there were none.
+	    Defines the number of days after a password exceeds its maximum age
+	    during which the user can still log in by immediately changing their password.
+	    If the user does not change their password within this period of time,
+	    their account becomes inactive.
+	    This value is stored in the shadow password file.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    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>
+	    This option requires the <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file.
+	    If no entry exist in the <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file,
+	    the system will automatically create one.
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>