user/group admin tools

Liam J. Foy liamfoy at sepulcrum.org
Mon Aug 29 17:00:33 PDT 2005


On 15:50, Mon 29 Aug 05, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :...
> :
> :http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?useradd++NetBSD-current
> :
> :Also check userdel, usermod, groupadd and groupdel etc etc.
> :Remember they also contain two other options which I wrote for
> :NetBSD to temporary lock users and to force a new password to be
> :given at next login(usermod, useradd).
> :
> :Cheers
> :-- 
> :		- Liam J. Foy
> 
>     What, no 'interactive' option so a tired sysad can be hand-held
>     through?

=)

> 
>     Just kidding.  The utilities look fine.  I particularly like the
>     idea of the -D option, which is to have the program adjust the 
>     defaults via the config file based on supplied options rather then
>     making the admin edit the config file.
> 
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yeah, it is. However, Devon also mentioned we have lots of other
things, such as vipw and chsh etc etc. What's the take on adding
even more?

-- 
		- Liam J. Foy
		liamfoy at xxxxxxxxxxxxx
		http://www.bsd-systems.co.uk





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