On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 11:31:16AM +0000, Stephen Gran wrote: > severity 410366 wishlist > tags 410366 +wontfix > tags 410366 -patch > thanks > This one time, at band camp, Justin Pryzby said: > > /usr/sbin/adduser --group --gid 12345 foo > > adduser: The --group, --ingroup, and --gid options are mutually exclusive. > > This is intended behavior. If you want to add a group, run addgroup. > Many programs behave differently based on ARGV[0], and this is just > another of them. > > > Included is a patch which Fixes the Glitch in an intuitive way. I've > > not analyzed the consequencses or implications, however. > > Thank you for the report and the patch. I have made this bug severity > wishlist for now. I actually would prefer to close it, as I don't > believe it's a bug. I am leaving it open for now, and if you convince > me that I'm wrong, we can look into it. You left out an important part:
/usr/sbin/adduser -h adduser --group [--gid ID] GROUP addgroup [--gid ID] GROUP Add a user group So this is advertised as a supported syntax. I don't mind and have no objection to using addgroup exclusively for this purpose, but then adduser must not advtise that it works. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
