shadow-utils/shadow-4.8.1-man-include-lastlog-file-caveat.patch

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From df6ec1d1693c8c80c323b40d6fc82bb549363db3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:26:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man: include lastlog file caveat (#313)
man/lastlog.8.xml: add another point to the caveats section regarding
the handling of the lastlog file by external tools.
Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951564
---
man/lastlog.8.xml | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/lastlog.8.xml b/man/lastlog.8.xml
index fc096c8f..7e68282f 100644
--- a/man/lastlog.8.xml
+++ b/man/lastlog.8.xml
@@ -233,5 +233,12 @@
is no entries for users with UID between 170 and 800 lastlog will appear
to hang as it processes entries with UIDs 171-799).
</para>
+ <para>
+ Having high UIDs can create problems when handling the <term><filename>
+ /var/log/lastlog</filename></term> with external tools. Although the
+ actual file is sparse and does not use too much space, certain
+ applications are not designed to identify sparse files by default and may
+ require a specific option to handle them.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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