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authorEric Andersen2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000
committerEric Andersen2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000
commite5642119ee566520a098027746808dd6b9226d99 (patch)
treebcdb42552005d1498a48ffd634b1c216f01b8f13 /loginutils
parent1eceb127bd189bf377b6f25dfce04d61e25d89d2 (diff)
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Patch from Thomas Cameron:
Hello all, This patch adds more "Help" text to the config system. Almost all applets now have a help entry. Also, I cleaned up the spacing of the existing text so that things are consistent. This patch is against this morning's CVS. Thomas Cameron CEI Systems, Inc.
Diffstat (limited to 'loginutils')
-rw-r--r--loginutils/Config.in25
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/Config.in b/loginutils/Config.in
index dab4ae1..d24a40f 100644
--- a/loginutils/Config.in
+++ b/loginutils/Config.in
@@ -15,25 +15,25 @@ config CONFIG_ADDGROUP
bool "addgroup"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Utility for creating a new group account.
config CONFIG_DELGROUP
bool "delgroup"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Utility for deleting a group account.
config CONFIG_ADDUSER
bool "adduser"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Utility for creating a new user account.
config CONFIG_DELUSER
bool "deluser"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Utility for deleting a user account.
config CONFIG_GETTY
bool "getty"
@@ -45,32 +45,39 @@ config CONFIG_LOGIN
bool "login"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Login is used when signing onto a system.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_SECURETTY
bool " Support for /etc/securetty"
default y
depends on CONFIG_LOGIN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ The file /etc/securetty is used by (some versions of) login(1). The
+ file contains the device names of tty lines (one per line, without
+ leading /dev/) on which root is allowed to login.
config CONFIG_PASSWD
bool "passwd"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Passwd changes passwords for user and group accounts. A normal user
+ may only change the password for his/her own account, the super user
+ may change the password for any account. The administrator of a group
+ may change the password for the group.
config CONFIG_SU
bool "su"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked with-
+ out a username, su defaults to becoming the super user.
config CONFIG_SULOGIN
bool "sulogin"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Sulogin is invoked when the system goes into single user
+ mode (this is done through an entry in inittab).
config CONFIG_VLOCK
bool "vlock"