On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:46:55AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:40:31AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:08:50AM +0100, Teddy Hogeborn wrote: > > > One additional possibility is for adduser to support an interface to > > > add users/groups in this new range, which would involve a new > > > configuration option and at least one new command line option. But > > > this is not necessarily requested or required. > > > I'm actually not convinced that this would do any good. adduser > > traditionally does not care about NIS/LDAP setup, and I think that > > accounts and groups that will appear on multiple systems should not be > > created by adduser. > > Traditionally the default setup for NIS (in general, not just in Debian) > has been to export any administratively created users and groups from > the NIS master server to clients on the network. Users can configure it > otherwise if they like (well, at least on Linux) but that's the default.
adduser maintainership would like to see this discussed on debian-devel. Please state your case there, and I'll decide what to do afterwards. 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]
