From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.aleph-null.tv (mbutcher206.dsl.frii.net [216.17.171.206]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0528ABBCB for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 20:53:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: from hebron.aleph-null.tv (mbutcher204.dsl.frii.net [216.17.171.204]) by mail.aleph-null.tv (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA35E69579 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:58:35 -0600 (MDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: mbutcher To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New adduser and deluser features suggestions Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 20:18:40 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 References: <20020717014820.657d1acd.smiler@lanil.mine.nu> <20020717031445.GA12703@athlon.dolly-llama.org> <20020717052241.6e887853.smiler@lanil.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20020717052241.6e887853.smiler@lanil.mine.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200207172018.40226.mbutcher@aleph-null.tv> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 9eabbc17-ebd9-4f29-8148-525b03aa1d9b X-Archives-Hash: 8e9062c44a551f54384908f3beab3d8e I've started working on a Python port of debian adduser 3.47. I'll update= the=20 list when I have something working. Matt On Tuesday 16 July 2002 09:22 pm, Christian Axelsson wrote: > -------------------- > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:14:45 -0500 > > Ben Lutgens wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 02:58:33AM +0200, Christian Axelsson wrote: > > >> Where do I get the feeling you're taking these ideas from the addu= ser > > >> script from FreeBSD and OpenBSD ? ;) > > > > > >Actually, I've taken it from Debian :D > > > > app-admin/superadduser is based on debian's adduser script and is wri= tten > > in C (i think) try that and petition for it to be in base system (I t= hink > > it should be) > > superadduser doesn't even have half of the features I mentioned > It's written in bash and is only a script getting some input and adds a > user depending on the input. I doesn't even have a configurationfile wh= ere > you can set any defaults (but then, there are no defaults to set ;)