[ I am Cc-ing lsb-discuss, but if you're interested in any of the specification details, you should really join the lsb-spec list. ]
One of the items on the list of things that needs to be specified is a standard way for LSB applications to add (and remove?) users and groups to an LSB system. Before I seek a volunteer for working on the specification, is there agreement that this is needed? Will some applications need to add users and groups? Can we solve the problem in a way that makes sense (even on a large network)? If I recall correctly, I think Debian has a standard non-interactive program for .deb packages to add a user. Red Hat has a adduser program too. Do some rpms use it? Assuming we agree that a specification is needed, there are (more or less) three acceptable ways we could go about this: * Use an existing specification (such as SUSv2 if it covers this) * Document existing practice (one way that one or more Linux distributions do it) * Develop or invent new practice (if both of the above are lacking) The second choice may be easiest because it should also provide a free sample implementation. The main prerequisite for the specification is a brave person to handle the whole user/group specification. Any volunteers? - Dan
