Re: useradd -r switch

To: Johannes Poehlmann <jhp@caldera.de>
Cc: Lsb-Spec <lsb-spec@lists.linuxbase.org>
Subject: Re: useradd -r switch
From: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@linuxcare.com.au>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 04:59:32 +1100 (EST)
Message-id: <14986.51076.111022.60646@rockhopper.linuxcare.com.au>
In-reply-to: <20010214131841.A2547@caldera.de>
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Johannes Poehlmann writes:
> 
> The local sysadmin can override this with the -O switch, so he has
> a way to do it. 
> 
> BUT: We should FORBID 3rd party software to use the -O switch. If we
> fail to do so, 3rd party software can evade whgatever discipline the
> local sysadmins wants to set up.

Documentation for the -O option does not appear in the upstream
version of useradd man page (although it does work) and so I have not
included it in the specification.

Chris.
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