Mark Florian
2009-Sep-22  14:16 UTC
Bug#547911: adduser: option --add_extra_groups not mentioned in --help overview, but mentioned in manpage
Package: adduser
Version: 3.110
Severity: minor
Relevant output:
$ /usr/sbin/adduser --help
adduser [--home DIR] [--shell SHELL] [--no-create-home] [--uid ID]
[--firstuid ID] [--lastuid ID] [--gecos GECOS] [--ingroup GROUP | --gid ID]
[--disabled-password] [--disabled-login] USER
and from the manpage:
adduser [options] [--home  DIR] [--shell SHELL] [--no-create-home] [--uid ID]
                  [--firstuid ID] [--lastuid ID] [--ingroup GROUP | --gid ID]
                  [--disabled-password] [--disabled-login] [--gecos GECOS]
                  [--add_extra_groups] user
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, ''stable'')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.24          Debian configuration management sy
ii  passwd                   1:4.1.1-6       change and administer password and
ii  perl-base                5.10.0-19lenny2 minimal Perl system
adduser recommends no packages.
Versions of packages adduser suggests:
ii  liblocale-gettext-perl   1.05-4          Using libc functions for internati
ii  perl-modules             5.10.0-19lenny2 Core Perl modules
-- debconf information:
  adduser/homedir-permission: true