Yes, I thought as a command line tool adduser is the barebones command to add users to a system. Checking the main page one can find the options for adding/changing a default group and additional groups. I also remember a limitation of 16 groups for some software applications. I'm not sure if that is still in effect or not. -Zenko On 10/27/08, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michal Jaegermann wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:52:42AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: >>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 07:30 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: >>>> A user added with the adduser command doesn't seem to have as many >>>> privileges as one added from the GUI. The obvious one is the ability to >>>> use the sound system. That was the problem with xmms. >>> Which command line tool did you use to create the user? IIRC one of >>> them (luseradd) uses libuser as the backend, which can set the selinux >>> permissions correctly where as useradd does not. >> > > There's also the point that adduser does what you tell it, and that's > not to add the user to lots of groups unless rootuser specifies > otherwise, while another tool might add users to groups that fit well > the the distro's philosophy. In the former case, sound might not while > in the latter it works well. > >> Before anybody will ask - adduser and useradd this is the same >> thing. > > It is in RedHattish systems, but not so in others. > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > 1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Advice > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > -- I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
