Re: potential error with adduser

Thanks for the reply Tito! No problem about the initial response - it happens. :) To me it would seem little odd to state something in one place, but not have it in reality. Would there be a reason to have this mismatch of information? It has an appearance of just being messy and providing

Re: potential error with adduser

Hey Tito, thanks again for the reply. I'm not sure how that example is disproving my concerns. :) It is still reflecting inaccurate information in /etc/passwd. Dave On 12/14/16, Tito wrote: > > > On 12/14/2016 03:26 PM, David Henderson wrote: >> Thanks for the reply

Re: potential error with adduser

On 12/14/2016 09:59 PM, David Henderson wrote: Hey Tito, thanks again for the reply. I'm not sure how that example is disproving my concerns. :) It is still reflecting inaccurate information in /etc/passwd. Dave Hi, in this case you want the information to be inaccurate as you want that

Re: potential error with adduser

On 12/14/2016 03:26 PM, David Henderson wrote: Thanks for the reply Tito! No problem about the initial response - it happens. :) To me it would seem little odd to state something in one place, but not have it in reality. Would there be a reason to have this mismatch of information? It has

Re: potential error with adduser

You are allowed to have inaccurate information in /etc/passwd. For instance, there is nothing to check that the information in the GECOS field [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field] is correct. There is nothing to stop you deleting the created home directory afterwards, and nothing to force