tags 61210 wontfix thanks > > In my opinion, adding accounts in all these systems is the job of > > their respective utilities (think about systems using winbind to > > authenticate users in Windows domains...do we *really* want useradd to > > be able to add Windows domain accounts�? How will it provide all the > > extra information these systems may require) > > > > In my opinion, such change is a real dream...and probably not likely. > > Wait a minute. Isn't the submitter asking (in 2000) for PAM to come true? > If you use pam_ldap.so instead of pam_unix.so in /etc/pam.d/passwd, the flat > unix files won't get modified, but the ldap tree will, won't it?
Well, no. Doing so will allow passwd to change a password in the LDAP backend, but will not allow useradd to add an entry in the LDAP backend. The more I read this bug, the more I think this suggestion is irrelevant. useradd should remain a low-end tool to deal with passwd/shadow name services. Hence, tagging the bug as wontfix while I wait for more comments if someone wants to convince me..:-)
