Thomas Iverson a écrit : > Hi there , you are almost right > adduser is only a symbol-link of the useradd in CentOS , for my > explanation , it may be security-related > you know , to use useradd , you can also specify the home dir,group > and so on , but script codes have danger > adduser under some distros such as archlinux,slackware is a > bash-script , so if you think it's more convenient to use a > user-friendly adduser written in bash , you can do it yourself , but > before that you should know exactly how to create a new user without > useradd-like utilities > Hi, I just found a copy of "RHEL 5 Unleashed", and there's a very clear chapter about local user management, which explains Red Hat's specific use of 'useradd', especially default options. Cheers, Niki