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From: Shadow package maintainers <pkg-shadow-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:39:41 +0200
Subject: Recommend using adduser and deluser
Fixes: #406046
Status wrt upstream: Debian specific patch.
Gbp-Topic: debian
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man/useradd.8.xml | 6 ++++++
man/userdel.8.xml | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index 4888100..17987a6 100644
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>useradd</command> is a low level utility for adding
+ users. On Debian, administrators should usually use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>adduser</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> instead.
+ </para>
<para>
When invoked without the <option>-D</option> option, the
<command>useradd</command> command creates a new user account using
diff --git a/man/userdel.8.xml b/man/userdel.8.xml
index 5bd2981..384cc86 100644
--- a/man/userdel.8.xml
+++ b/man/userdel.8.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>userdel</command> is a low level utility for removing
+ users. On Debian, administrators should usually use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>deluser</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> instead.
+ </para>
<para>
The <command>userdel</command> command modifies the system account
files, deleting all entries that refer to the user name <emphasis
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