Re: suggestion for cygutils - usermod (was Re: howto change homepath in /etc/passwd)

[Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> The below message suggests that maybe we should have a usermod program
> in cygwin.  It should probably be in cygutils, I suspect.
>
> Anyone willing to investigate the linux version of usermod and submit it
> to cygutils (assuming Chuck agrees)?

cygutils contains several utilities from util-linux.  The userfoo tools 
are normally found in the 'shadow-utils' package on RPM-based linux systems.

I'm not sure if the userfoo commands belong in cygutils -- or in a 
package of their own, as Igor suggests.  I'll go with whatever the 
community decides -- but right now, it's a moot point.  I haven't seen 
any code.

If anyone is interested in sending me a patch to incorporate the userfoo 
tools into cygutils, see /usr/src/doc/cygutils-1.1.3/HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE

--Chuck



--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/