[Adduser-devel] Bug#268837: man adduser

[Siward de Groot]

Package: adduser
Version: 3.59
Severity: normal

man adduser says :

"DESCRIPTION
       adduser  and  addgroup  add  users and groups to the system
         according to command line options
 and configuration information in /etc/adduser.conf.
       They are friendlier front ends to the useradd and groupadd =20
programs,
 [snip]"

adduser can add a user to a group,
  which neither useradd nor groupadd can
    (at least it is not mentioned in their manpages)
  so it can't be only a frontend to useradd and groupadd ;
  maybe a line should be added telling how users are added to groups ?



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.18-bf2.4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf                       1.4.30.2   Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                        1:4.0.3-30 Change and administer password and
ii  perl-base                     5.8.4-2    The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis

-- debconf information excluded