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krono-matrixer

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[solved] adduser --disabled-login

I am still new to Arch, and I am trying to run a server on Arch. I am trying to create my serv user. What is the command for this?

This worked on Ubuntu Server(Debian), but not on Arch.
Arch:
[jesse@Chronos]# su
Password:
[root@Chronos]# adduser --disabled-login serv
bash: adduser: command not found

Last edited by krono-matrixer (2015-05-30 19:39:08)

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nullified

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Re: [solved] adduser --disabled-login

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … ing_a_user

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krono-matrixer

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Re: [solved] adduser --disabled-login

One problem, I cannot find an option to disable the log in for a user. The "--disabled-login" does not work.

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Re: [solved] adduser --disabled-login

One way to do this, and I don't know if this is the preferred way, is to set the shell to nologin. So the useradd command would look like:

useradd -s /usr/bin/nologin username

Checkout the manpage for nologin for more details.

Last edited by nullified (2015-03-13 14:41:01)

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alphaniner

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Re: [solved] adduser --disabled-login

I'm not particularly familiar with perl, but from examining the source it looks like --disabled-login affects password rather than shell.

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krono-matrixer

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Re: [solved] adduser --disabled-login

That did the trick. Thanks.

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Re: [solved] adduser --disabled-login

Don't forget to mark this thread as [SOLVED]. Directions on how to are in the How to post section of the Forum Etiquette.

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