specification for adding users and groups
[ I am Cc-ing lsb-discuss, but if you're interested in any of the
specification details, you should really join the lsb-spec list. ]
One of the items on the list of things that needs to be specified is a
standard way for LSB applications to add (and remove?) users and groups
to an LSB system. Before I seek a volunteer for working on the
specification, is there agreement that this is needed? Will some
applications need to add users and groups? Can we solve the problem in
a way that makes sense (even on a large network)?
If I recall correctly, I think Debian has a standard non-interactive
program for .deb packages to add a user. Red Hat has a adduser program
too. Do some rpms use it?
Assuming we agree that a specification is needed, there are (more or
less) three acceptable ways we could go about this:
* Use an existing specification (such as SUSv2 if it covers this)
* Document existing practice (one way that one or more Linux
distributions do it)
* Develop or invent new practice (if both of the above are lacking)
The second choice may be easiest because it should also provide a free
sample implementation.
The main prerequisite for the specification is a brave person to handle
the whole user/group specification. Any volunteers?
- Dan
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