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Goal: Recommend using adduser and deluser.
Fixes: #406046
Status wrt upstream: Debian specific patch.
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
+ <command>useradd</command> is a low level utility for adding
+ users. On Debian, administrators should usually use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>adduser</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> instead.
+ </para>
+ <para>
When invoked without the <option>-D</option> option, the
<command>useradd</command> command creates a new user account using
the values specified on the command line plus the default values from
--- a/man/userdel.8.xml
+++ b/man/userdel.8.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
+ <command>userdel</command> is a low level utility for removing
+ users. On Debian, administrators should usually use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>deluser</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> instead.
+ </para>
+ <para>
The <command>userdel</command> command modifies the system account
files, deleting all entries that refer to the user name <emphasis
remap='I'>LOGIN</emphasis>. The named user must exist.
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