On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 17:38:20 -0800, Noah Meyerhans <no...@debian.org>
wrote:
>+1 to --disabled-login setting the shell to /usr/sbin/nologin with
>documentation being updated to reflect this.  I'd suggest a default
>behavior of a password of '*', with the ability to override it and
>prompt for a real password with a "--set-password".  Although honestly,
>I also wouldn't be opposed to requiring an extra step of calling
>'usermod' to set a password for a disabled account.  It's sort of a
>special case, and not one that has to be explicitly handled by adduser.

Noted. I will post a summary at the beginning of the new week.

Greetings
Marc
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