[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#531955: Bug#531955: useradd creates local-only users on nis server

[Harald Dunkel]

Nicolas François wrote:

> 
> Did it used to work previously (with which version)?

Sorry, but I have no chance to try.

> Does adduser behave correctly regarding NIS?

adduser calls useradd to do the real work. Same problem.

> Is it legitimate in some cases to add an user locally, and not to NIS. How
> useradd should know about the intent of the caller?
> 

An option "--nis" to create a non-local account would be OK,
I would guess. No reason to change the default.


Regards

Harri