Any Debian folk out there explain why a fresh install of Debian 13 won't run USERMOD, ADDUSER, or CHECK, even though PASSWD is installed?

It must be me, no doubt. This is the second MacBook Pro I have had this problem with.

Thank you.

#Linux #Debian

You're seeing “command not found” for the superuser-only commands 'usermod' and 'adduser', because those are not in the search path of a regular user (and should not be, because a regular user doesn't have the needed permissions).

The superuser will have permission to run those commands, so you can e.g. 'sudo /usr/sbin/adduser foo'.

@avoca

@bignose

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