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 @@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ =<replaceable>100</replaceable> <option>-K</option> <replaceable>UID_MAX</replaceable>=<replaceable>499</replaceable> </para> + <para> + For the compatibility with previous Debian's + <command>useradd</command>, the <option>-O</option> option is + also supported. + </para> <!--para> Note: <option>-K</option> <replaceable>UID_MIN</replaceable>=<replaceable>10</replaceable>,<replaceable>UID_MAX</replaceable>=<replaceable>499</replaceable> doesn't work yet. --- a/src/useradd.c +++ b/src/useradd.c @@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ {NULL, 0, NULL, '\0'} }; while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, - "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" #ifdef WITH_SELINUX "Z:" #endif /* WITH_SELINUX */ @@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ 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