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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet From: Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Why no addusr? Date: 20 Dec 1996 19:55:58 -0800 Organization: codewright Lines: 20 Message-ID: <x7zpz8wnxt.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> References: <none-ya023480001912962244220001@news.infi.net> <mason-ya023380002012960019340001@news.four.net> <none-ya023480002012962112290001@news.infi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dumbcat.codewright.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5010 none@domain.com (Jeremy Williams) writes: > I saw the scripts, which I am now using but the question is why? It just > doesn't make sense to me to have such a great OS and not have a better way > to do this junk. I use a tool called smitty on AIX and it's easy to list, Because ask 25 admins the "best" way to set up users and you will get at least 30 answers! Addusr scripts tend to implement policy, and every site is almost guaranteed to have policies that differ from that which the script implements. Some examples: where do home directories go? what is the initial password for a new user? do all users get the same dot files? how are mail aliases handled? Besides, it doesn't take an experienced admin much time to build their own. // marc