From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: 39023@debbugs.gnu.org, "Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>
Cc: symphonia@disroot.org
Subject: bug#39023: adduser/addgroup vs useradd/groupadd
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:44:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ3okZ0NKRzzisinoyPYUkAYcA0jYtzJekqjgKrHkWEYAn1VAA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4678e0a6a529877fee91a452424115c1@disroot.org>
Dear,
The bug [1] reports that useradd/groupadd are not provided on BusyBox.
And for example, they had this discussion [2].
[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=39023
[2] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2016-February/083907.html
For example, on Debian, adduser is a Perl script calling useradd under the hood.
And the current Guix manual says:
<<
On a GNU/Linux system, a build user pool may be created like this
(using Bash syntax and the shadow commands):
>>
where the parenthesis should be understood as: "adapt to your distribution".
Two options:
a/ explicitly notice in the parenthesis that the chunk needs to be
adapted; mentioning adduser/addgroup instead of useradd/groupadd for
example.
b/ replace useradd/groupadd by adduser/addgroup using the
corresponding options.
The option b/ means that 'adduser/addgroup' is more portable (more
chance to work on everywhere GNU/linux). I am not convinced.
Personally, I am in favor for option a/.
What do the *NIX gurus think?
All the best,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-22 1:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-07 21:29 bug#39023: binary installation manual doesn't work on Alpine Linux symphonia
2020-01-08 12:34 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-22 3:53 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-01-22 19:42 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-22 19:58 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-01-22 20:03 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-02-19 15:56 ` zimoun
2020-01-22 1:44 ` zimoun [this message]
2020-01-22 4:03 ` bug#39023: adduser/addgroup vs useradd/groupadd Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-01-22 8:31 ` zimoun
2020-04-23 11:55 ` bug#39023: binary installation manual doesn't work on Alpine Linux Vincent Legoll
2020-04-23 13:29 ` zimoun
2020-04-23 14:15 ` Vincent Legoll
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