Chris Hofstaedtler
49 lines
1.6 KiB
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49 lines
1.6 KiB
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From: Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:39:41 +0200
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Subject: Recommend using adduser and deluser
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Fixes: #406046
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Status wrt upstream: Debian specific patch.
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Gbp-Topic: debian
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---
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man/useradd.8.xml | 6 ++++++
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man/userdel.8.xml | 6 ++++++
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2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
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index 4888100..17987a6 100644
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--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
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+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
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@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
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<refsect1 id='description'>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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+ <para>
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+ <command>useradd</command> is a low level utility for adding
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+ users. On Debian, administrators should usually use
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+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>adduser</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> instead.
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+ </para>
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<para>
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When invoked without the <option>-D</option> option, the
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<command>useradd</command> command creates a new user account using
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diff --git a/man/userdel.8.xml b/man/userdel.8.xml
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index 5bd2981..384cc86 100644
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--- a/man/userdel.8.xml
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+++ b/man/userdel.8.xml
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@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
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<refsect1 id='description'>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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+ <para>
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+ <command>userdel</command> is a low level utility for removing
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+ users. On Debian, administrators should usually use
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+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>deluser</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> instead.
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+ </para>
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<para>
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The <command>userdel</command> command modifies the system account
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files, deleting all entries that refer to the user name <emphasis
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