On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:22:44 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[Marc Haber] >> If so, we need an adduser interface which properly handles LDAP and >> NIS. This is something that our current adduser does not do, and the >> corresponding bugs are open for many years. > >Well, it would be nice to have, but is not really a requirement. >Those of us using LDAP and NIS are able to insert users into our >directories even if adduser do not support it.
And where do system accounts generated by packages on installations go to? adduser's interaction with LDAP and NIS is abysmally bad, and nobody seems to care. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
