But the only command that I have to look up everydamntime, although it has no abbreviation at all, is useradd.
Oh no, wait, I mean adduser!
… No, wait again… aah…
All the worse that Debian has both useradd and adduser. I never remember which is the one I want. And in Redhat-derivatives it’s something even more confusing.
The only thing I ever want to do is add a user to a group, is that too much to ask?
adduser is an interactive wrapper for useradd. It can, for example, prompt the user to set a password rather than execute passwd separately. Very useful if you just want to manage a user without reading through useradd’s command line options, then running usermod because you forgot to set something.
It doesn’t excuse the bad naming, I’d rather have something like useradd --interactive, but it’s worth remembering.
But the only command that I have to look up every damn time, although it has no abbreviation at all, is useradd.
Oh no, wait, I mean adduser!
… No, wait again… aah…
Ah, damn it! I’ll look it up next time. *sudo vim /etc/passwd*
Surely
visudo, I hopeNext update changes it to usadder as a compromise. Supposedly, it’s short for “user adder” but we all know it’s to make “[you] sadder”.
All the worse that Debian has both useradd and adduser. I never remember which is the one I want. And in Redhat-derivatives it’s something even more confusing.
The only thing I ever want to do is add a user to a group, is that too much to ask?
adduseris an interactive wrapper foruseradd. It can, for example, prompt the user to set a password rather than executepasswdseparately. Very useful if you just want to manage a user without reading throughuseradd’s command line options, then runningusermodbecause you forgot to set something.It doesn’t excuse the bad naming, I’d rather have something like
useradd --interactive, but it’s worth remembering.You’d want
usermodfor that, no? If the user already exists and you’re just modifying their groups?@ozymandias117 @Hawke why not gpasswd?