From f7dc8248d3402a6c7a4c1ccabf58ae83df713417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:21:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: add hint how to show password strings with userdbctl I started working on a command-line switch to show passwords also in "pretty" mode. I can submit that code for review if anyone thinks that woul be useful, but after writing the man page I realized that it's a fairly niche case, and the hint in the man page is a sufficient replacement. --- man/userdbctl.xml | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/userdbctl.xml b/man/userdbctl.xml index 9a69f33edbd..c86937760f3 100644 --- a/man/userdbctl.xml +++ b/man/userdbctl.xml @@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ user friendly, human readable output is generated; if table a minimal, tabular output is generated; if json a JSON formatted output is generated. Defaults to friendly if a user/group is specified on the command line, - table otherwise. + table otherwise. + + Note that most output formats do not show all available information. In particular, + classic and table show only the most important fields. Various + modes also do not show password hashes. Use json to view all fields, including + any authentication fields. +