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[Mathew Hodson <mathew.hodson@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Tags added: manpage

** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  passwd man mistake minage -m should  be -n

Status in shadow package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  root@XXXXXXXXXX:/etc/pam.d# cat /etc/issue
  Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l

  root@XXXXXXXXX:/etc/pam.d# man passwd | grep min
         -m, --mindays MIN_DAYS
             Set the minimum number of days between password changes to
             of the last password change. The next four fields are the minimum
  root@onmsip02:/etc/pam.d# passwd -m 1 root
  passwd: invalid option -- 'm'
  Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]

  Options:
    -a, --all                     report password status on all accounts
    -d, --delete                  delete the password for the named account
    -e, --expire                  force expire the password for the named account
    -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
    -k, --keep-tokens             change password only if expired
    -i, --inactive INACTIVE       set password inactive after expiration
                                  to INACTIVE
    -l, --lock                    lock the named account
    -n, --mindays MIN_DAYS        set minimum number of days before password
                                  change to MIN_DAYS
    -q, --quiet                   quiet mode
    -r, --repository REPOSITORY   change password in REPOSITORY repository
    -S, --status                  report password status on the named account
    -u, --unlock                  unlock the named account
    -w, --warndays WARN_DAYS      set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS
    -x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximim number of days before password
                                  change to MAX_DAYS

  
  root@XXXXXXXXX:/etc/pam.d# passwd -n 1 root && echo $?
  Password changed.
  0
  root@XXXXXXXX:/etc/pam.d#

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