From 77901f41155dbe2e6d1c5fece1db5bb8ef151828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin B Rye Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:24:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] login: Update package description Closes: #808301 --- debian/control | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 9f905447..63e21d66 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ Replaces: manpages-de (<< 0.5-3), coreutils (<< 8.21~) [hurd-any], hurd (<< 20140206~) [hurd-any] Description: system login tools - These tools are required to be able to login and use your system. The - login program invokes your user shell and enables command execution. The - newgrp program is used to change your effective group ID (useful for - workgroup type situations). The su program allows changing your effective - user ID (useful being able to execute commands as another user). + This package provides some required infrastructure for logins and for + changing effective user or group IDs, including: + * login, the program that invokes a user shell on a virtual terminal; + * nologin, a dummy shell for disabled user accounts; + * su, a basic tool for executing commands as root or another user. Package: uidmap Architecture: any