Bug 441460
| Summary: | useradd error message unhelpful | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | JW <ohtmvyyn> |
| Component: | shadow-utils | Assignee: | Peter Vrabec <pvrabec> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | 8 | CC: | tmraz |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | 4.0.18.1-22.fc8 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2008-04-09 05:21:53 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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shadow-utils-4.0.18.1-22.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8 shadow-utils-4.1.1 looks a lot better with useful error messages. shadow-utils-4.0.18.1-22.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |
Description of problem: useradd doesn't like telling you why the command-line is a syntax error And/or the particular command-line is not faulty. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): shadow-utils-4.0.18.1-18 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. useradd -M -b /home/users testac Actual results: Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN Options:.... Expected results: Should work, or should say why it is a syntax error. Additional info: There is nothing in the usage or manual to indicate that -M or -b are somehow exclusive. There is nothing wrong with specifying -M (dont create home directory) and the -b option (where home directory base is ... needed to enter into passwd file anyhow). Apparently -b requires a -D. But the plain usage() is really quite lame and unhelpful. Wouldn't all those usage()'s be better replaced with fatal("This is the reason for the failure"). How much would that cost?