This file lists changes between pwdutils used in the past and
the shadow utils used now.
General changes:
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- No support to modify LDAP accounts anymore (-D and --service option)
- No -P/--path option
- /etc/default/passwd was removed. The configure options are
partly available in /etc/login.defs.
/etc/login.defs:
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SYSTEM_UID_MIN/SYSTEM_UID_MAX were renamed to SYS_UID_MIN/SYS_UID_MAX
SYSTEM_GID_MIN/SYSTEM_GID_MAX were renamed to SYS_GID_MIN/SYS_GID_MAX
chfn
----
-m/--other has changed to -o/--other
-o/--office has changed to -r/--room.
-p/--phone has changed to -w/--work-phone
chpasswd
--------
-c blowfish is now longer supported, instead SHA256 and SHA512 were added.
chsh
----
-l/--list-shells was removed.
gpasswd
-------
-l/-u option are missing
groupadd
--------
/usr/sbin/groupadd.local is missing
--preferred-gid was removed
groupmod
--------
-A/--add-user was removed
-R/--remove-user was removed
passwd
------
-f was dropped (use chfn instead)
-g was dropped (use gpasswd instead)
-s was dropped (use chsh instead)
useradd
-------
-e/--expire has changed to -e/--expiredate (incompatible arguments!)
-U/--umask was removed, -U has now another meaning
--preferred-uid was removed
userdel
-------
-r/--remove-home was renamed to -r/--remove
usermod
-------
-e/--expire has changed to -e/--expiredate (incompatible arguments!)