[Pkg-shadow-devel] [Git][debian/adduser][debian/latest] 2 commits: add --no-copy-skel option

[Marc Haber (@zugschlus)]

Marc Haber pushed to branch debian/latest at Debian / adduser


Commits:
ae36756e by Matt Barry at 2025-09-14T14:38:02+02:00
add --no-copy-skel option

Fixes: #1099633

- - - - -
1150d03a by Matt Barry at 2025-09-14T14:38:02+02:00
document --no-copy-skel

- - - - -


2 changed files:

- adduser
- doc/adduser.8


Changes:

=====================================
adduser
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@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ our $new_lastgid = undef;
 our $new_lastuid = undef;
 our $new_uid = undef;
 our $no_create_home = undef;
+our $no_copy_skel = undef;
 our $special_home = undef;
 our $special_shell = undef;
 our $add_extra_groups;
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ GetOptions(
     'lastgid=i' => \$new_lastgid,
     'lastuid=i' => \$new_lastuid,
     'no-create-home' => \$no_create_home,
+    'no-copy-skel' => \$no_copy_skel,
     'quiet|q' => sub { $verbose = 0; },
     'shell=s' => \$special_shell,
     'system' => \$found_sys_opt,
@@ -926,7 +928,7 @@ if ($action eq "adduser") {
         $returnvalue = RET_INVALID_NAME_FROM_USERADD;
     }
 
-    create_homedir (1, 0); # copy skeleton data
+    create_homedir ($no_copy_skel ? 0 : 1, 0); # copy skeleton data
 
     # useradd without -p has left the account disabled (password string is '!')
     my $yesexpr = langinfo(YESEXPR());


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doc/adduser.8
=====================================
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .\"            2016 Afif Elghraoui <afif at debian.org>
 .\"            2016 Helge Kreutzmann <debian at helgefjell.de>
 .\"            2021-2022 Jason Franklin <jason at oneway.dev>
-.\"            2022 Matt Barry <matt at hazelmollusk.org>
+.\"            2022 Matt Barry <matt at hazelmollusc.org>
 .\"
 .\" This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version
 .\" 2 or later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ adduser, addgroup \- add or manipulate users or groups
 .OP \-\-lastgid id
 .OP \-\-lastuid id
 .OP \-\-no\-create\-home
+.OP \-\-no\-copy\-skel
 .OP \-\-shell shell
 .OP \-\-quiet
 .OP \-\-uid id
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ adduser, addgroup \- add or manipulate users or groups
 .OP \-\-home dir
 .OP \-\-ingroup group
 .OP \-\-no\-create\-home
+.OP \-\-no\-copy\-skel
 .OP \-\-shell shell
 .OP \-\-uid id
 .OP \-\-quiet
@@ -437,6 +439,12 @@ that some other mechanism will be responsible
 for initializing the new user's home directory.
 Valid modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
 .TP
+.B \-\-no\-copy\-skel
+Do not populate the home directory for the new user with
+files from \fI\%/etc/skel\fP.  If the home directory is
+newly created, it will be empty.
+Valid modes: \fBadduser\fP, \fBadduser \-\-system\fP.
+.TP
 .B \-\-quiet
 Synonymous to
 .B \-\-stdoutmsglevel=warn.



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