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One of the great things about "open source" is that you can actually read the source. Your system most likely already provides utilities for adding/removing users/groups - why do you not read their sources to see how they accomplish this task? The passwd utility also has a source.
Yours truly, etc.
Last edited by carbonfiber; 10-01-2009 at 01:41 AM.
Distribution: Suse, RedHat, CentOS, Solaris, Windows
Posts: 38
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Thanks guys
I know about useradd, userdel etc and /etc/passwd. But I would be happy if some one have already read it somewhere, about any lib/API. Any how thanks once again
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