User admin notes

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Default parameters for new users -- like minimum "user" UID, the location of the skeleton directory, and such, varies between the major GNU/Linux distros --

Distribution

Config File

Ex. Parameters; Syntax

RedHat RHEL 5

/etc/libuser.conf

SUSE 9

/etc/login.defs Note: no 'skel' definition

SYSTEM_UID_MIN 100 SYSTEM_UID_MAX 499 UID_MIN 1000 GID_MIN 1000

Debian / Ubuntu

/etc/adduser.conf

FIRST_SYSTEM_UID=100 LAST_SYSTEM_UID=999 FIRST_UID=1000 USERS_GID=100 SKEL=/etc/skel