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User admin notes

Default parameters for new users — like minimum “user” UID, the location of the skeleton directory, and such, varies between the major GNU/Linux distros –

Distribution Config File Ex. Parameters; Syntax
RedHat RHEL 5 /etc/libuser.conf
SUSE 9 /etc/login.defs
Note: no ’skel’ definition		 SYSTEM_UID_MIN 100
SYSTEM_UID_MAX 499
UID_MIN 1000
GID_MIN 1000
Debian / Ubuntu /etc/adduser.conf FIRST_SYSTEM_UID=100
LAST_SYSTEM_UID=999
FIRST_UID=1000
USERS_GID=100
SKEL=/etc/skel

Posted Sunday, December 16th, 2007 at 12:48 pm.
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