On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > Well, you've read it wrong then :-) > >From the adduser manpage: > > Add an existing user to an existing group > If called with two non-option arguments, adduser will add > an existing user to an existing group.
Well, I didn't know that. > Additionally, I disagree with the methods you advocate: [snip] > This is generally considered bad practice. The adduser utility (and its > friends) make all these changes in a much more controlled manner. > > No problems syncing the shadowed files and much less risk of corrupting > your system by accidentally making typos. I know it is bad practice, but I didn't know there was a Right Way to do this. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
