Source code: https://gist.github.com/sebastiancarlos/1a5b04099b750f5a15c77c8cb4f03fc8

### Sample output:
#
# CREATE_HOME        no
# CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL  no
# LOG_INIT           yes
# USERGROUPS_ENAB    yes
# HOME               /home
# MAIL_DIR           /var/spool/mail
# MAIL_FILE          N/A
# SHELL              /bin/bash
# SKEL               /etc/skel
# EXPIRE             N/A
# GROUP              984 (users)
# INACTIVE           -1
# PASS_MAX_DAYS      99999
# PASS_MIN_DAYS      0
# PASS_WARN_AGE      7
# UMASK              077
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CREATE_HOME:       Create a home directory if it does not exist.
# CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL: Create a mailbox file for the user.
# LOG_INIT:          Add the user to the lastlog and faillog databases.
# USERGROUPS_ENAB:   If set to yes, useradd will create a group with the name of the
#                    user, and userdel will remove the user's group if it contains no
#                    more members.
# HOME:              The user's name will be affixed to form the new home.
# MAIL_DIR:          The mail spool file will be created using this value.
# MAIL_FILE:         Same, but relative to the user's home directory.
# SHELL:             The user's login shell.
# SKEL:              The skeleton directory, which contains files and directories to
#                    be copied into the user's home directory.
# EXPIRE:            The date on which the user account will be disabled, if any.
# GROUP:             If USERGROUPS_ENAB is set to no, or if the flag -N/--no-user-group
#                    is passed, this will be the new user's group.
# INACTIVE:          The number of days after a password has expired in which the
#                    password is still be accepted. -1 disables the inactive period.
# PASS_MAX_DAYS:     The number of days a password may be used. If is older, a password
#                    change will be forced.
# PASS_MIN_DAYS:     The minimum number of days allowed between password changes. Any
#                    attempt sooner will be rejected.
# PASS_WARN_AGE:     Warn user N days befere password expiration.
# UMASK:             The file mode creation mask is initialized to this value.
  • @redw0rm@kerala.party
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    2010 months ago

    Thanks for the video

    it would be good If the video was in landscape mode. we could see more file contents and there will be less word breakings.

  • wvstolzing
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    1510 months ago

    He/she runs off to online forums to bicker about which {distro, WM, DE, text editor} is best, and how all others are unfathomably inferior, fundamentally broken abominations?

    Or … oh, sorry, I thought you meant something else.

    • facow [he/him, any]
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      510 months ago

      Don’t forget learning about systemd and then immediately deciding you actually don’t like it and would prefer something else

  • @phx@lemmy.ca
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    210 months ago

    Of all the things I’ve wondered about my Linux install… this was not really one of them, no