I've had trouble when i try to use useradd command with the -D option, when I get help its shown as if the -D option and the option without it cant mix, any help???

Thanks a lot....

I've never used that switch (I haven't even used useradd much) but it seems like it shows or sets the defaults. If that's what you're trying to do, that should be it. Without it (normal process) you're just adding a user and that should work. Not sure what the precise problem you're having is. Which options do you wish to combine? Are you trying to use the '-d' option (different from -D)?

But the reason I hardly ever use useradd is that Slack comes with an 'adduser' script which has always been all I needed.

useradd -D [-g default_group] [-b default_home]
[-e default_expire_date] [-f default_inactive]
[-s default_shell]

you gotta love those man pages

I tend to find "adduser" a lot better than "useradd" coz it's an intereactive program and you don't need much Linux/Unix experience to understand it.

Yes, but I think they need to include written examples. The above info doesn't tell a newbie how it should be exactly. If I were new I probably would type something like useradd -D -g default_group -b default_home etc. which doesn't work. Not too many man pages give good examples IMO.

Well, I've tried to combine this:
useradd -D -b home_dir -g group_name -G additional_groups -s shell_name name_of_user

but it seems i cannot use the -D options with the others (-G is one of the other options I'd like to do).

And I chose to use useradd because later I'd like to do a script, and another question comes to my mind, with what languague is the script done?,can I use C/C++, sell scripting perl or what?.

Thanks a lot Im really around here.

I'd have to agree with adduser being easier to use @ command line, but not so easy to use with a script

useradd -d is used as follows:

useradd <username> -d <homedir> -g <group> -s <dflt shell> -c <users name> -p <password>

hello

As you know I am and I am posting to see if you can help me

so, I have already the user "Aby" in the system but I want to add this user to apache group, or othe group that already exist in the system, what I have to do with adduser.

I am using drake 10.1

I know is easy question for you? but I feel confuse when I try man

thank you

The simplest thing you could do for adding a user is to get the superadduser program (if you have Gentoo like me...but since you don't...) or adduser. But to answer your question, first figure out what groups Aby belongs to:
The output might be something like this:
adm::4:root,adm,daemon,Aby
wheel::10:root,Aby
games::35:Aby
This means that Aby is in the adm, wheel, and games groups.

Now, on my box I have a command called "usermod" which will modify a user's account. I'll use this by typing in
This will add Aby to new_group1 and also to new_group2. If Aby is currently logged in, she won't be able to take advantage of the new groups until she logs out and then back in again (there are ways around this but that's just the simplest way). This includes if Aby is using the GUI.
And that's it. You must be careful to include the groups that Aby is already a part of in the command or Aby won't be a part of them anymomre. Don't just specify the new groups. Include every group that Aby needs to be a part of (hence why I checked before running "usermod").
I am using Gentoo and didn't know if Mandrake has the same command. But I happen to have a Mandrake 10 system on the same computer so I did a search and Mandrake does have the same command (in /usr/sbin/).
There may be other, better ways to do this, but this is how I do it because I only use two or three other users besides root.

- the dudeman

usermod -G warning

[If the user is currently a member of a group which is
not listed, the user will be removed from the group]