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2 !!!adduser.conf
3 NAME
4 DESCRIPTION
5 FILES
6 SEE ALSO
7 ----
8 !!NAME
9
10
11 /etc/adduser.conf - configuration file for __adduser(8)__ and __addgroup(8)__.
12 !!DESCRIPTION
13
14
15 The file ''/etc/adduser.conf'' contains defaults for the
16 programs __adduser(8)__ and __addgroup(8)__. Each
17 option takes the form ''option'' = ''value''. Double
18 or single quotes are allowed around the value. Comment lines
19 must have a pound sign (#) in the first line.
20
21
22 The valid configuration options are:
23
24
25 __DSHELL__
26
27
28 The login shell to be used for all new users. Defaults to
29 ''/bin/bash''.
30
31
32 __DHOME__
33
34
35 The directory in which new home directories should be
36 created. Defaults to ''/home''.
37
38
39 __GROUPHOMES__
40
41
42 If this is set to ''yes'', the the home directories will
43 be created as ''/home/[[groupname]/user''. Defaults to
44 ''no''.
45
46
47 __LETTERHOMES__
48
49
50 If this is set to ''yes'', then the home directories
51 created will have an extra directory inserted which is the
52 first letter of the loginname. For example:
53 ''/home/u/user''. Defaults to ''no''.
54
55
56 __SKEL__
57
58
59 The directory from which skeletal user configuration files
60 should be copied. Defaults to ''/etc/skel''.
61
62
63 __FIRST_SYSTEM_UID__ and
64 __LAST_SYSTEM_UID__
65
66
67 specify an inclusive range of dynamically allocated system
68 user UIDs. Default to ''100'' - ''999''.
69
70
71 __FIRST_UID__ and __LAST_UID__
72
73
74 specify an inclusive range of dynamically allocated normal
75 user UIDs. Default to ''1000'' -
76 ''29999''.
77
78
79 __USERGROUPS__
80
81
82 If this is set to ''yes'', then each created user will be
83 given their own group to use and their home directories will
84 be g+s. If this is ''no'', then each created user will be
85 placed in the group whose GID is __USERS_GID__ (see
86 below). The default is ''yes''.
87
88
89 __USERS_GID__
90
91
92 If __USERGROUPS__ is ''no'', then __USERS_GID__ is
93 the GID given to all newly-created users. The default value
94 is ''100''.
95
96
97 __QUOTAUSER__
98
99
100 If set to a nonempty value, new users will have quotas
101 copied from that user. The default is empty.
102
103
104 __DIR_MODE__
105
106
107 If set to a valid value (e.g. 0755 or 755), directories
108 created will have the specified permissions. Otherwise 0755
109 is used as default.
110
111
112 __SETGID_HOME__
113
114
115 If this is set to ''yes'', then home directories for
116 users with their own group ( ''USERGROUPS=yes'' ) will
117 have the setgid bit set. This was the default setting for
118 adduser versions
119 ''
120 !!FILES
121
122
123 ''/etc/adduser.conf''
124 !!SEE ALSO
125
126
127 adduser(8)
128 ----
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