1) The man page should describe the code, not the other way around.
2) Internal variables should not be documented or exposed, except in
controlled circumstances (i.e. - That's what the -C flag is for).
The variable should have been saved to the config file in save_config().
3) The next available userid doesn't get automatically updated. The
end-result is the same (user gets added with the correct uid),
but in an interactive session the default uid doesn't get updated in
the display.
So,
o Use the uidstart variable instead of uuid (bug #3)
o Actually save the variable to adduser.conf (bug #2)
o (bug #1 to be fixed in an upcomming commit to adduser.conf.5)
MFC After: 2 weeks
When adding users from a preformatted file, do not exit
silently when empty lines or lines starting with a '#'
are encountered - ignore them instead.
- Fix a spelling error in a comment.
PR: bin/80058
loop to avoid an incorrect display of the nologin path twice.
PR: 71786
Submitted by: Andrew Hayden <andrew.hayden@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: mtm
MFC after: 3 days
Previously, it would recognize it as a valid shell only
if the basename (nologin) was specified. Now, it will
recognize both the basename and the full path.
NOTE: The full path as adduser(8) understands it is /usr/sbin/nologin.
There is a symlink, /sbin/nologin, but that's deprecated and
only there for backwards compatibility.
o Add a -D option to not attempt to create the home directory.
o Treat the /nonexistent home directory specially. It means the user has
no home directory and it should not be created.
o Update Copyright year and my email.
next time the subroutine is re-entered
o s/configrun/configflag/
o Make the prompt make sense if the user was creating a configuration file
Approved by: markm (mentor)(implicit)
All characters will be accepted, and pw(8) can sort out which ones it
will allow and which ones it won't.
Approved by: markm (mentor)
Prodded by: Philippe Bourcier <philippe@cyberabuse.org>
If any of the given groups do not exist complain and let the user try again.
This saves the user from discovering at the end of the process that they've
forgotten to add a group or they've typoed.
Thanks to cmc/dougb for pointing out how bad my sh fu actually is.
Original code by: me
Scary sh rewrite by: dougb
Reviewed by: dougb
/var/log/adduser, disabled if empty or adduserlog="no")
- do not ask for password in configure mode
- print $passwdtype instead of password in configure mode
- add DATECMD, GREPCMD (not overridable but with full path)
