Re: useradd?
On 27 Oct 1996, Guy Maor wrote:
> I would recommend NOT using anything but adduser to add a user to your
> Debian machine. The other script could very well add the user in some
> incompatible way. Instead just read the man page of adduser and
> figure out how to translate the call. I doubt it's very difficult.
I believe the 'useradd' program was a strictly Slackware program.
BUT... It no longer exists in Slackware even..
The useradd program was added to allow COMPLETE command line adding of
users, for automated user generation. (I used it for a BBS package that I
ran a while back to add new users)
It should not be a problem unless you are running shadow passwords, in
which you definetely don't want to run it. I'd been running on several
different releases, AFTER the Slackware.. (Linux FT, and Redhat)
But the suggestion on adapting the calls to the adduser would be the best
course.
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