On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 02:31:40PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > The analysis of this bug report shows that the user reporting it wants > to have the choice, possibly during an initial install, to either use > user groups or add all users to the default "users" group. > > passwd, while reconfigured, relies on adduser for this. One solution > could be a debconf-based configurable option to either use "users" > groups or the "users" group by default with adduser. > > I would give a quite low priority to this. After all, the creation of > a first user can be skipped in new installs...
This is opening a can of worms which might lead to the requirement of having all adduser.conf options be settable through debconf. I'd rather not do this with the current adduser stuff and leave that to the rewrite which is necessary anyway. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]