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As the title indicates, what is the use of option -o for command useradd? What is a good use case of this option?
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useradd’s -o option, along with its -u option, allows you to create a user with a non-unique user id. One use case for that is to create users with identical privileges (since they share the same user id) but different passwords, and if appropriate, home directories and shells. This can be useful for service accounts (although typically you’d achieve the same result using sudo nowadays); it can also be useful for rescue purposes with a root-equivalent account using a statically-linked shell such as sash.
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The -o option allows the creation of users with non-unique IDs, only when you also supply the numerical value of their UID with the -u option in the same line, e.g.:
# useradd -o huey -u 501
# useradd -o dewey -u 501
# useradd -o louie -u 501
This permits setting up multiple users with same rights and priveleges, but with different home directories and passwords.
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# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
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Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output ofidorls -l. Givensu - scrooge -c 'id -u -n'says 'root' :)
– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
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useradd’s -o option, along with its -u option, allows you to create a user with a non-unique user id. One use case for that is to create users with identical privileges (since they share the same user id) but different passwords, and if appropriate, home directories and shells. This can be useful for service accounts (although typically you’d achieve the same result using sudo nowadays); it can also be useful for rescue purposes with a root-equivalent account using a statically-linked shell such as sash.
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useradd’s -o option, along with its -u option, allows you to create a user with a non-unique user id. One use case for that is to create users with identical privileges (since they share the same user id) but different passwords, and if appropriate, home directories and shells. This can be useful for service accounts (although typically you’d achieve the same result using sudo nowadays); it can also be useful for rescue purposes with a root-equivalent account using a statically-linked shell such as sash.
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useradd’s -o option, along with its -u option, allows you to create a user with a non-unique user id. One use case for that is to create users with identical privileges (since they share the same user id) but different passwords, and if appropriate, home directories and shells. This can be useful for service accounts (although typically you’d achieve the same result using sudo nowadays); it can also be useful for rescue purposes with a root-equivalent account using a statically-linked shell such as sash.
answered Apr 9 at 17:28
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useradd’s -o option, along with its -u option, allows you to create a user with a non-unique user id. One use case for that is to create users with identical privileges (since they share the same user id) but different passwords, and if appropriate, home directories and shells. This can be useful for service accounts (although typically you’d achieve the same result using sudo nowadays); it can also be useful for rescue purposes with a root-equivalent account using a statically-linked shell such as sash.
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The -o option allows the creation of users with non-unique IDs, only when you also supply the numerical value of their UID with the -u option in the same line, e.g.:
# useradd -o huey -u 501
# useradd -o dewey -u 501
# useradd -o louie -u 501
This permits setting up multiple users with same rights and priveleges, but with different home directories and passwords.
answered Apr 9 at 17:35
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# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
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Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output ofidorls -l. Givensu - scrooge -c 'id -u -n'says 'root' :)
– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
– kubanczyk
Apr 11 at 14:30
add a comment |
The -o option allows the creation of users with non-unique IDs, only when you also supply the numerical value of their UID with the -u option in the same line, e.g.:
# useradd -o huey -u 501
# useradd -o dewey -u 501
# useradd -o louie -u 501
This permits setting up multiple users with same rights and priveleges, but with different home directories and passwords.
answered Apr 9 at 17:35
K7AAYK7AAY
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# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
1
Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output ofidorls -l. Givensu - scrooge -c 'id -u -n'says 'root' :)
– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
– kubanczyk
Apr 11 at 14:30
add a comment |
The -o option allows the creation of users with non-unique IDs, only when you also supply the numerical value of their UID with the -u option in the same line, e.g.:
# useradd -o huey -u 501
# useradd -o dewey -u 501
# useradd -o louie -u 501
This permits setting up multiple users with same rights and priveleges, but with different home directories and passwords.
answered Apr 9 at 17:35
K7AAYK7AAY
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The -o option allows the creation of users with non-unique IDs, only when you also supply the numerical value of their UID with the -u option in the same line, e.g.:
# useradd -o huey -u 501
# useradd -o dewey -u 501
# useradd -o louie -u 501
This permits setting up multiple users with same rights and priveleges, but with different home directories and passwords.
answered Apr 9 at 17:35
K7AAYK7AAY
1,1181028
answered Apr 9 at 17:35
K7AAYK7AAY
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answered Apr 9 at 17:35
K7AAYK7AAY
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answered Apr 9 at 17:35
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# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
1
Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output ofidorls -l. Givensu - scrooge -c 'id -u -n'says 'root' :)
– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
– kubanczyk
Apr 11 at 14:30
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# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
1
Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output ofidorls -l. Givensu - scrooge -c 'id -u -n'says 'root' :)
– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
– kubanczyk
Apr 11 at 14:30
# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
# useradd -o scrooge -u 0
– rrauenza
Apr 9 at 21:44
1
1
Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output of
id or ls -l. Given su - scrooge -c 'id -u -n' says 'root' :)– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
Wonderful way to break all applications that parse usernames as output of
id or ls -l. Given su - scrooge -c 'id -u -n' says 'root' :)– kubanczyk
Apr 10 at 7:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
– kubanczyk
Apr 11 at 14:30
And, quite unexpectedly, it also totalled my gdm on Ubuntu 18.04. Awww crap, I should have done it inside container...
– kubanczyk
Apr 11 at 14:30
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