[Adduser-devel] Bug#286227: Documentation wrongly suggests home dirs created sgid
Shaul Karl
Shaul Karl <shaulk@013.net>, 286227@bugs.debian.org
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:39:18 +0200
Package: adduser
Version: 3.59
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
--- /usr/share/man/man5/adduser.conf.5 2004-12-18 17:09:59.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/share/man/man5/adduser.conf.5 2004-12-18 17:07:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
\fBUSERGROUPS\fP
If this is set to
.IR yes ,
-then each created user will be given their own group to use and their
-home directories will be g+s. If this is
+then each created user will be given their own group to use. If this
+is
.IR no ,
then each created user will be placed in the group whose GID is
\fBUSERS_GID\fP (see below). The default is
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@
default value is
.IR 100 .
.TP
-\fBQUOTAUSER\fP
-If set to a nonempty value, new users will have quotas copied from
-that user. The default is empty.
-.TP
\fBDIR_MODE\fP
If set to a valid value (e.g. 0755 or 755), directories created will have
the specified permissions. Otherwise 0755 is used as default.
@@ -103,6 +99,10 @@
versions << 3.13. Unfortunately it has some bad side effects, so we no
longer do this per default. If you want it nevertheless you can still
activate it here.
+.TP
+\fBQUOTAUSER\fP
+If set to a nonempty value, new users will have quotas copied from
+that user. The default is empty.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/adduser.conf
.SH SEE ALSO
--- /etc/adduser.conf 2004-12-18 16:59:29.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/adduser.conf 2004-12-18 16:58:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,19 +39,15 @@
LAST_GID=29999
# The USERGROUPS variable can be either "yes" or "no". If "yes" each
-# created user will be given their own group to use as a default, and
-# their home directories will be g+s. If "no", each created user will
-# be placed in the group whose gid is USERS_GID (see below).
+# created user will be given their own group to use as a default. If
+# "no", each created user will be placed in the group whose gid is
+# USERS_GID (see below).
USERGROUPS=yes
# If USERGROUPS is "no", then USERS_GID should be the GID of the group
# `users' (or the equivalent group) on your system.
USERS_GID=100
-# If QUOTAUSER is set, a default quota will be set from that user with
-# `edquota -p QUOTAUSER newuser'
-QUOTAUSER=""
-
# If DIR_MODE is set, directories will be created with the specified
# mode. Otherwise the default mode 0755 will be used.
DIR_MODE=0755
@@ -62,3 +58,8 @@
# no longer do this per default. If you want it nevertheless you can
# still set it here.
SETGID_HOME=no
+
+# If QUOTAUSER is set, a default quota will be set from that user with
+# `edquota -p QUOTAUSER newuser'
+QUOTAUSER=""
+
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-7.pentium1.1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages adduser depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.10 Debian configuration management sy
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-30.4 Change and administer password and
ii perl-base 5.8.4-3 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
-- debconf information:
* adduser/homedir-permission: true