In the English version of Dapper's man page for useradd, there is no "-n" option.
compare with dpkg -l given above (which gives version 4.0.13-7, not 4.0.13-7ubuntu3.1 ): dpkg -l passwd Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=================================-=================================-================================================================================== ii passwd 4.0.13-7ubuntu3.1 change and administer password and group data The bug apparently relates to the French version of the useradd manpage, which lists a "-n" option, when it shouldn't. -- Inconsistency between manual page and -h option https://launchpad.net/bugs/52193 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
