Re: Creating a new user without a password
On Wed, 01 Jan 2003, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> [2002-12-30 12:36:37 +0000]:
> > On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 02:44:55AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > Curtis Spencer <cspenc@stanford.edu> [2002-12-29 23:34:44 -0800]:
> > > > groupadd mysql
> > > > useradd -g mysql mysql
> > >
> > > adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'MYSQL User' mysql
> >
> > I suggest using the --system option there too.
>
> The only problem/difference with --system is that the adduser command
> will not create a unique group for the uid. It will create the group
> as 'daemon' IIRC. I did not see a way to create a system user that
adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'MYSQL User' --group mysql
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