How To Install opensysusers on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 411 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensysusers on Ubuntu.
What is opensysusers
opensysusers is:
Opensysusers uses the files from sysusers.d directory to create system users and groups and to add users to groups, at package installation or boot time. This tool may be used to allocate system users and groups only, it is not useful for creating non-system (i.e. regular, “human”) users and groups, as it accesses /etc/passwd and /etc/group directly, bypassing any more complex user databases, for example any database involving NIS or LDAP.
Opensysusers is an alternative implementation of systemd-sysusers that may work on systems with or without systemd installed.
There are three methods to install opensysusers on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opensysusers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opensysusers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opensysusers
Install opensysusers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opensysusers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opensysusers
Install opensysusers Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install opensysusers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opensysusers
How To Uninstall opensysusers on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the opensysusers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opensysusers
Uninstall opensysusers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opensysusers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensysusers
Remove opensysusers Configurations and Data
To remove opensysusers configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opensysusers
Remove opensysusers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opensysusers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensysusers
Dependencies
opensysusers have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensysusers package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.