create-user primitive

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

It's okay that the command itself isn't super visible. The main reason it
exists is to back console-conf, which is very visible and should be
properly documented.


On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Manik Taneja <manik at canonical.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:33 AM, Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo at niemeyer.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Don't see a reason to go beyond not listing it. The command works fine,
>> including proper help and reasonable error messages.
>>
>> The reason it prevents creating users when one already exists is so we
>> don't see scripts opening back doors by mistake. As Michael points out,
>> this may be overriden with --force-managed.
>>
>> i would suggest that we document this somewhere. the only way i knew
> about its existence was the fact that i had seen the primitive in an
> earlier version of snapd. for others who are not familiar, this might not
> even show up on their radar.
>
> /manik
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