useradd with default values ?!

realos · 08-08-2002, 08:13 PM

root@local$: useradd -D
GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SKEL=/etc/skel

but now adding a new users does not seem to obey the default settings since every new users get an incrementing number as his ID. This is okay...but he is also in an GROUP with incrementing number.

e.g. useradd test1 --->>> ID 501 Groupid 501
useradd new --->>> ID 502 Groupid 502

r Group ID is not 100...Why ??? really strange....hmmm :-(

thanx for your hints people..

macone · 08-09-2002, 07:38 AM

This problem has catched my eyes, too. It looks like a bug in the useradd-Tool of RedHat 7.3. I found no way to solve this problem. The only thing is to use:

Code:

useradd -g initial_group ...