From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (jazzband.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.4]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4JHr6Rb012615 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 13:53:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id i4JHr4AR027045 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 17:53:04 GMT Received: from smtp804.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (smtp804.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.12.141]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with SMTP id i4JHr3Hn027042 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 17:53:03 GMT Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:18:55 +0000 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: Frank Mayer Cc: "'SE-Linux'" , selinux-dev@tresys.com Subject: Re: adduser script Message-ID: <20040519171855.GD17846@lkcl.net> References: <20040519145327.GK4221@lkcl.net> <00f101c43dbb$c1111f40$4c0c010a@columbia.tresys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <00f101c43dbb$c1111f40$4c0c010a@columbia.tresys.com> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 12:10:06PM -0400, Frank Mayer wrote: > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:56:11AM -0400, Frank Mayer wrote: > >> See seuser and the seuser* scripts in the setools package > >> > > oh! a bit more investigation: am i right in thinking that > > seuser _is_ the program i was expecting (it is responsible > > for modifying and managing /etc/selinux/*) and that the > > seuser* scripts _are_ only calling seuser as required, > > therefore seuser* _are_ already equivalent to adduser-ng? > > Yes based on your description, although I'm not familiar with adduser-ng. The > seuser program only manages the selinux aspect of users, and the scripts > integrates seuser and the system user* utilities. excellent. btw fyi: lkcl@debian:~$ apt-cache show adduser-ng Description: Add and remove users and groups This package is meant to be a replacement for the adduser script. It's written in perl with flexibility and modularity kept in mind. . The major advantages are: . * built-in plugins for user and groups administration, * different set of User Interfaces, * very flexible configuration, * good documentation on how to write your own plugins. . Homepage: http://adduser.linux.pl -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.