The attached patch moves the "-a" option close to "-G" in the command-line usage, which makes its use clearer.
We should maybe also do the same change in the man page, btw. I don't follow the bug submitter suggestion to only list "-a" along with -G, though. --
Goal: Clarify the online help of usermod
Fix: #363033
Author: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Status wrt upstream: forwarded but not applied yet
Index: shadow-4.0.15/src/usermod.c
===================================================================
--- shadow-4.0.15.orig/src/usermod.c 2006-05-04 19:44:57.799342864 +0200
+++ shadow-4.0.15/src/usermod.c 2006-05-04 19:45:41.498699552 +0200
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@
fprintf (stderr, _("Usage: usermod [options] login\n"
"\n"
"Options:\n"
- " -a, --append GROUP append the user
to the supplemental GROUP\n"
" -c, --comment COMMENT new value of
the GECOS field\n"
" -d, --home HOME_DIR new login
directory for the new user account\n"
" -e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE set account
expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE\n"
@@ -285,6 +284,9 @@
" to INACTIVE\n"
" -g, --gid GROUP force use GROUP as new
initial login group\n"
" -G, --groups GROUPS list of
supplementary GROUPS\n"
+ " -a, --append append the user to the
supplemental GROUPS\n"
+ " mentioned by the -G
option without removing\n"
+ " him/her from other
groups\n"
" -h, --help display this
help message and exit\n"
" -l, --login LOGIN new value of the login
name\n"
" -L, --lock lock the user
account\n"
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