Issue #4460 has been updated by Mathias Gug.
As mentioned in the [useradd man page](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man8/useradd.8.html): <cite>useradd is a low level utility for adding users. On Debian, administrators should usually use adduser(8) instead.</cite> puppet being a higher level tool to manage system it seems that it should use tools that are the recommended way of doing things in a specific in environment. In the Debian and Ubuntu world adduser is the recommended way of adding a user to the system. It's true that useradd is called by adduser and is a lower level tool. Why should puppet use useradd then? Puppet could also edit /etc/passwd and create home directories instead of calling useradd. It all depends at which level of abstraction puppet should be inserted. ---------------------------------------- Bug #4460: adduser should be used to add user on Ubuntu/Debian instead of useradd http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/4460 Author: Mathias Gug Status: Needs more information Priority: Normal Assigned to: Mathias Gug Category: user Target version: Affected version: Keywords: Branch: If a user is created via puppet useradd is called. The recommendation on Ubuntu and Debian is to use adduser instead. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/+bug/64700. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
