[ale] Useradd Replacement or Upgrade

[Jeff Lightner]

LOL at "luser" add - Sounds like the BOFH must have named this utility.

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Brian Pitts
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [ale] Useradd Replacement or Upgrade


> If I may take this in a slightly different direction, in CentOS (and  
> possibly other distributions) what is the difference between:
>
>        /usr/sbin/useradd
>
>        /usr/sbin/luseradd
>
> I know they have slightly different command line options, but I have  
> not found anything indicating the history or relationship of the  
> pair. Is one intended to replace the other or are they meant to serve

> distinct functions?
>
> Thanks,
The second one uses libuser. According to the documentation, "The 
libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and

administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable 
back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications that are

modeled after applications from the shadow password suite are included 
in the package." The backends to use are configured in
/etc/libuser.conf.

-Brian
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