On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Niki Kovacs <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thomas Iverson a écrit : >> >> Hi there , you are almost right >> adduser is only a symbol-link of the useradd in CentOS , for my >> explanation , it may be security-related >> you know , to use useradd , you can also specify the home dir,group >> and so on , but script codes have danger >> adduser under some distros such as archlinux,slackware is a >> bash-script , so if you think it's more convenient to use a >> user-friendly adduser written in bash , you can do it yourself , but >> before that you should know exactly how to create a new user without >> useradd-like utilities >> > Hi, > > I just found a copy of "RHEL 5 Unleashed", and there's a very clear chapter > about local user management, which explains Red Hat's specific use of > 'useradd', especially default options. > > Cheers, > > Niki > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Yeah , user management is the basis of system administration , read the document carefully :) -- Keep It Simple Stupid Thomas X. Iverson _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos