What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions? mFat ( @mfat@lemdro.id ) Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square122fedilinkarrow-up188
arrow-up188message-squareWhat feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions? mFat ( @mfat@lemdro.id ) Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square122fedilink
minus-square SamsonSeinfelder ( @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de ) linkfedilink16•1 year 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-square X3I ( @x3i@lemmy.x3i.tech ) linkfedilink4•1 year 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-square BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoSeems like it would have to exist to create your initial login, unless you only had a root user
minus-square maxbossing ( @maxbossing@feddit.de ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoYou can just manually edit /etc/passwd
minus-square BCsven ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink1•1 year 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.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 creationSeems 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?