On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > To add a user to the system on the commandline, I usually use the adduser > command. > > # adduser newuser > > And that's it. I've been using that command probably out of an old habit, > since I've been a long-time Slackware user before. But now I wanted to dig a > bit deeper, and some details puzzle me. > > Whereas on Slackware, 'adduser' is an interactive shell script to create a > user so that basically you don't have to memorize all the 'useradd' > switches, CentOS' 'adduser' is a mere symbolic link to 'useradd'. >
Did you try 'man adduser' or 'man useradd?' There's lots of good info there.... mhr _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
