On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 04:16:23PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Package: passwd
> Version: 1:4.0.18.1-7
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/sbin/useradd
>
> according to /etc/default/useradd, useradd(8) is not capable of creating
> per-user groups.
ack
> its manual page does not mention that it can or will
> do so. the manual page also says that when no group is specified, the
> default group is "1". despite this, when useradd is invoked without -g,
> per-user groups are created:
This seems to be a contribution of radhet:
When invoked without the --DD option, the uusseerraadddd
command creates a new
user account using the values specified on the command line and the
default values from the system. Depending on command line options, the
useradd command will update system files and may also create the new
user’s home directory and copy initial files. The version provided with
Red Hat Linux will create a group for each user added to the system by
default.
--ll Do not add the user to the last login log file. This is an option
added by Red Hat.
--nn A group having the same name as the user being added to the system
will be created by default. This option will turn off this Red Hat
Linux specific behavior. When this option is used, users by default
will be placed in whatever group is specified in
_/_e_t_c_/_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_/_u_s_e_r_a_d_d. If no
default group is defined, group 1 will
be used.
UID lower than the value of UID_MIN defined in
_/_e_t_c_/_l_o_g_i_n_._d_e_f_s and
whose password does not expire. Note that uusseerraadddd will
not create a
home directory for such an user, regardless of the default setting
in _/_e_t_c_/_l_o_g_i_n_._d_e_f_s. You have to specify
--mm option if you want a home
directory for a system account to be created. This is an option
added by Red Hat
NNOOTTEESS
The system administrator is responsible for placing the default user
files in the _/_e_t_c_/_s_k_e_l_/ directory.
This version of useradd was modified by Red Hat to suit Red Hat
user/group conventions.
