On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 02:32:13AM -0800, shaul Karl wrote: > Package: adduser > Version: 3.110 > Severity: normal > > man page claims: > > If called with one non-option argument and the --system > option, adduser will add a system user. If a user with the same > name already exists in the system uid range (or, if the uid is > specified, if a user with that uid already exists), adduser > will exit with a warning. > > and > > --quiet > Suppress informational messages, only show warnings and > errors. > > However this doesn't work for me. I do have an ftp user: > > # adduser --quiet --system ftp > # >
I agree to Stephen, the docs are missing the description of the interaction of these 2 settings. I will add a statement to the manpage, that --quiet will surpress this printed warning. Joerg -- What did you do to the cat? It looks half-dead. -Schroedinger's wife
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