mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?message-squaremessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down11
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squareSamsonSeinfelder@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·2 years agouseradd - I just wanted to give a friend my notebook for a python lecture and thought I could just add him as a new user. Apparently not by default.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoIf you don’t manually edit /etc/passwd using ed, are you really a Linux user?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s the standard editor!
minus-squareX3I@lemmy.x3i.techlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoRan into this some time ago and learned that there is a more rudimentary command adduser instead but it does not do things like home folder creation
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah, useradd should be the default over adduser
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoSeems like it would have to exist to create your initial login, unless you only had a root user
minus-squaremaxbossing@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYou can just manually edit /etc/passwd
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI haven’t used that since the 90s on HP Unix. Do you get to set default permissions for file creation there, and also add user groups?
useradd- I just wanted to give a friend my notebook for a python lecture and thought I could just add him as a new user. Apparently not by default.If you don’t manually edit /etc/passwd using ed, are you really a Linux user?
It’s the standard editor!
Ran into this some time ago and learned that there is a more rudimentary command
adduserinstead but it does not do things like home folder creationYeah, useradd should be the default over adduser
Seems like it would have to exist to create your initial login, unless you only had a root user
You can just manually edit /etc/passwd
I haven’t used that since the 90s on HP Unix. Do you get to set default permissions for file creation there, and also add user groups?