Re: [gentoo-dev] Problem adding user + Internationalization

[Djamil ESSAISSI <djamil@francexpress.com>]

BTW; 

 This is not a bug.

 This is the new way to add users, because now in this millenium in most cases we are (administrators) not adding real users to systems with a shell and homedir it's mainly for authentification purposes, THEN if YOU (administrator) judge that THAT user shall have a homedir and real shell, you add -m or other stuff (the shell part may be unimplemented everywhere yet ...) .
 It's almost a security feauture so we wont accedentally give a shell to johnDoe who ordered his internetaccount over the phone a joeChmuck's CC ...

Of course we all have different tastes , but it is implemented this way on many rescent distros. ...

dont get mad !!!
I always run "blabla --help" before posting an email ! ;-)
 
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:28:21 -0600
"Damon M. Conway" <damon@chiba.3jane.net> wrote:

:)>Let me explain myself. I was used to type 'useradd nick' to add a user
:)>with dir & co. So i tought (wrong it seems, and the error message
:)didn't
:)>help me), that there was a bug. And i never thought a user list was the
:)>right place for bug report (btw, if gentoo-user is a good place for bug
:)>report, please tell me, thanks in advance), so i posted my problem
:)here.
:)>Concerning the other question, you are right, this is not the good
:)>place, i thought of this thing just before sending the message, and
:)>didn't even think that there was a list more suited for this (but i was
:)>already a subscriber of gentoo-user.. not a excellent memory ;) (the
:)>next time i'll browse better in the portage tree, the answer was
:)there..
:)>humm).
:)
:)No need to explain.  Until recently, this list was the only discussion
:)list
:)for gentoo.  I would post to gentoo-user about issues first to actually
:)determine if it is a bug.  Perhaps it's a case like this where you were
:)missing a flag or something.  Once it's determined to be a bug, a
:)detailed
:)bug report should be posted to gentoo-dev.  Hopefully, we'll have a
:)bug-tracking system setup for taking in bug reports in a consistent
:)fashion.
:)
:)>Btw, it's odd to see that all my questions that i thought were really
:)>dev-related (install/system questions, plans, hotplug) were not
:)>answered, unlike the not-so-dev-related ones. Don't misunderstand me, i
:)>really appreciate your answers (thanks all!), i just find this strange.
:)
:)I saw your questions, but wanted to let drobbins comment on them.  He
:)creates/coordinates the install images.  I imagine others felt the same
:)way.
:)
:)>Thanks again everyone, and sorry for my 'bad' questions, I'll try to
:)>answer my future ones by myself (or elsewhere).
:)
:)Don't get me wrong.  You're questions are fine.  I'm just trying to
:)remind
:)everyone of the gentoo-user list so we can separate the functionality.
:)
:)kabau
:)
:)--
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:)that
:) would also stop you from doing clever things."  --Doug Gwyn
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