Goal: accepts the -O flag for backward compatibility. (was used by adduser?)
Note: useradd.8 needs to be regenerated.
Status wrt upstream: not included as this is just specific
backward compatibility for Debian
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@
databases are reset to avoid reusing the entry from a previously
deleted user.
+
+ For the compatibility with previous Debian's
+ useradd, the option is
+ also supported.
+
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -1143,9 +1143,9 @@
};
while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv,
#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
- "b:c:d:De:f:g:G:hk:K:lmMNop:rR:P:s:u:UZ:",
+ "b:c:d:De:f:g:G:hk:O:K:lmMNop:rR:P:s:u:UZ:",
#else /* !WITH_SELINUX */
- "b:c:d:De:f:g:G:hk:K:lmMNop:rR:P:s:u:U",
+ "b:c:d:De:f:g:G:hk:O:K:lmMNop:rR:P:s:u:U",
#endif /* !WITH_SELINUX */
long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
@@ -1274,6 +1274,7 @@
kflg = true;
break;
case 'K':
+ case 'O': /* compatibility with previous Debian useradd */
/*
* override login.defs defaults (-K name=value)
* example: -K UID_MIN=100 -K UID_MAX=499