Goal: Recommend using adduser and deluser. Fixes: #406046 Status wrt upstream: Debian specific patch. --- a/man/useradd.8.xml +++ b/man/useradd.8.xml @@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ DESCRIPTION + useradd is a low level utility for adding + users. On Debian, administrators should usually use + adduser + 8 instead. + + When invoked without the option, the useradd command creates a new user account using the values specified on the command line plus the default values from --- a/man/userdel.8.xml +++ b/man/userdel.8.xml @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ DESCRIPTION + userdel is a low level utility for removing + users. On Debian, administrators should usually use + deluser + 8 instead. + + The userdel command modifies the system account files, deleting all entries that refer to the user name LOGIN. The named user must exist.