Re: vim -- adduser vs useradd/usermod

2012-11-24 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/25/12, Wolf Halton wrote: > right. > usermod makes changes to user. > useradd is not interactive, so makes an automated script for adding many > users more possible to write. including setting nonstandard home directory > or extra groups. > adduser is interactive but does not let you put a

Re: vim -- adduser vs useradd/usermod

2012-11-24 Thread Wolf Halton
right. usermod makes changes to user. useradd is not interactive, so makes an automated script for adding many users more possible to write. including setting nonstandard home directory or extra groups. adduser is interactive but does not let you put a user in multiple groups, i don't think. Wolf

Re: vim -- adduser vs useradd/usermod

2012-11-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 07:56:24AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 23 Nov 06:14 -0600, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 16 nov 12, 16:33:17, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > * On 2012 16 Nov 14:02 -0600, james gray wrote: > > > > i am using vim to add the one and only name in a usr account t

Re: adduser vs useradd

2001-02-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:02:30PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > Why is it that "useradd" does NOT create a "home" > directory and copy the /etc/skel files?? > > I use the standard useradd -u... -g... -d... -s... -c... logname > command on our Debian system and no home directory is creat

Re: adduser vs useradd

2001-02-27 Thread CaT
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:02:30PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > Why is it that "useradd" does NOT create a "home" > directory and copy the /etc/skel files?? > > I use the standard useradd -u... -g... -d... -s... -c... logname > command on our Debian system and no home directory is creat

adduser vs useradd

2001-02-27 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
Why is it that "useradd" does NOT create a "home" directory and copy the /etc/skel files?? I use the standard useradd -u... -g... -d... -s... -c... logname command on our Debian system and no home directory is created. I use adduser and the home directory is created, but I have to manually edit