[Adduser-devel] Bug#468152: adduser: Parameter --ingroup does not work

[Daniel Migowski]

Package: adduser
Version: 3.102
Severity: normal

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Parameter --ingroup simply does not work. To test, invoke adduser like this:

  adduser peter --ingroup cdrom

I assume, a "cat /etc/group | grep cdrom" should bring something like this:

  cdrom:x:24:peter

and not this:

  cdrom:x:24:

If I am wrong, then this is a bugreport for uncomprehensible documentation,
since this says:

  --ingroup GROUP
        Add  the new user to GROUP instead of a usergroup or the default
        group defined by USERS_GID in the adduser.conf file.

And i wonder, what differs "GROUP" from "a usergroup", btw.

With best regards,
Daniel Migowski

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