Change the user defaults back to the original defaults in UNIX

Question

I changed the default of users with "useradd –D –b /home/packers –s /bin/bash –g packers" this command. But i want to change them to original default. which command do i need to use?

Answer 1

It sounds like you want to reset the default configuration to what it was before you entered that command.

Try this to reset the defaults you changed: useradd -D -b /home -g users

Usually you shouldn't change the defaults (-D) unless you have a good reason too. Also, if you want an interactive way of adding users, try adduser

Here is all the default values incase you need them: ( it says 100 for group, that is the ID for users )

GROUP=100 HOME=/home INACTIVE=-1 EXPIRE= SHELL=/bin/bash SKEL=/etc/skel CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no