From: ikerexxe <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:21:42 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: userdel: clarify "-f" usage
X-Git-Tag: v4.9~37^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F311%2Fhead;p=thirdparty%2Fshadow.git

userdel: clarify "-f" usage

src/userdel.c: clarify the examples for "-f" option
---

diff --git a/src/userdel.c b/src/userdel.c
index 2a09f4598..4248ab80d 100644
--- a/src/userdel.c
+++ b/src/userdel.c
@@ -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);