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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 00:11:21 JST Aral Balkan

   Linux: We have no idea why folks think we’re hard to use.

   Also Linux: Would you like to use useradd or adduser to add a user to your system?

   🤔

   #linux #userAdd #addUser #decisionDecisions

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 00:15:31 JST Aral Balkan

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     Hint: use adduser, which is perl wrapper around useradd when working interactively and useradd from scripts, as it is more portable.

     (And if you’re setting up a server in an automated fashion, let cloud-init, etc., handle it for you.)

     #linux #userAdd #addUser #cloudInit #server #setup #interactive #scripted

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 00:16:19 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Lutz G.

     @llutz Nope, sshed into an Alma Linux 9 box as we speak an its there too.

   • Lutz G. (llutz@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 00:16:20 JST Lutz G.

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     @aral The "adduser" script (Perl) is only available on debian-based distros, isn't it?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 14:57:23 JST Aral Balkan

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     • robin

     @nottrobin Story of my life :)

   • robin (nottrobin@union.place)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 14:57:24 JST robin

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     @aral there is an ever present cognitive dissonance to being a Linux nerd & dev who cares about usability