Adduser command, not prompted for more info

[vern]

I am used to Slackware for servers, however I decided to set one up using Mandrake.

I prefer to work in runlevel 3 on servers.

When I run adduser in Slackware, I would get prompts for more info, like expiration date, Full name, password etc.

When I do the same in Mandrake it only adds the user account, then I have to go in and add everything individually.

Is there an adduser switch that will bring up the prompts for other info, similar to Slackware's?

[techieMoe]

This is just a wild suggestion, but have you tried using useradd instead of adduser?

[UgoDeschamps]

Unfortunatly, I havent played with Slack yet, However I've always used Mandrake, and the adduser dont prompt for any other information... however, the useradd works differently..

Here's a link with all flag you can use to achieve your goal

[vern]

Yes, I tried useradd, with the same results.

I know of the options, I was hoping to simplify matters.

[sarumont]

adduser is just a script to automate things. Unfortunately, MDK doesn't have it (ls -al /usr/sbin/adduser - it's a symlink). Check out this link:

http://www.interlude.org.uk/unix/slackware/

That's the actual adduser script.

[vern]

Thank you, I am going to fool around with that and see if it will work. It looks like it should.