This file lists changes between pwdutils used in the past and the shadow utils used now. General changes: ================ - 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: ---------------- 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!)