Hi,

following a unified diff

diff --git adduser.8 adduser.8
index 639f7458b2b..84a90d7e9e7 100644
--- adduser.8
+++ adduser.8
@@ -352,9 +352,6 @@ message file for
 backup of original message file
 .It Pa /etc/skel
 skeletal login directory
-.It Pa /var/log/adduser
-log file for
-.Nm
 .El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Start
diff --git adduser.perl adduser.perl
index 19e07a04014..3d176188cf6 100644
--- adduser.perl
+++ adduser.perl
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 use IPC::Open2;
 use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);
+use Sys::Syslog;
 
 ################
 # main
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ if (!$check_only && $#batch < 0) {
     &hints;
 }
 
+openlog("adduser", "nofatal,pid", "LOG_USER"); # setup syslog connection
+
 # check
 $changes = 0;
 &variable_check;               # check for valid variables
@@ -81,7 +84,6 @@ sub variables {
     $message_file = "/etc/adduser.message";
     $config = "/etc/adduser.conf"; # config file for adduser
     $config_read = 1;          # read config file
-    $logfile = "/var/log/adduser"; # logfile
     $home = "/home";           # default HOME
     $etc_shells = "/etc/shells";
     $etc_passwd = "/etc/master.passwd";
@@ -811,7 +813,7 @@ sub new_users {
            &new_users_pwdmkdb("$new_entry");
            &new_users_group_update;
            &new_users_passwd_update;  print "Added user ``$name''\n";
-           &adduser_log("$name:*:$u_id:$g_id($group_login):$fullname");
+           syslog("LOG_INFO", "new user added: name=$name ($fullname), uid=$u_id, gid=$g_id, group_login=$group_login, home=$home/$name, sh=$sh");
            &home_create($name, $group_login);
            &new_users_sendmessage;
        } else {
@@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ sub batch {
     &new_users_group_update;
     &new_users_passwd_update;  print "Added user ``$name''\n";
     &sendmessage($name, @message_buffer) if $send_message ne "no";
-    &adduser_log("$name:*:$u_id:$g_id($group_login):$fullname");
+    syslog("LOG_INFO", "new user added: name=$name ($fullname), uid=$u_id, gid=$g_id, group_login=$group_login, home=$home/$name, sh=$sh");
     &home_create($name, $group_login);
 }
 
@@ -1092,25 +1094,6 @@ sub create_conf {
     &config_write(1);
 }
 
-# log for new user in /var/log/adduser
-sub adduser_log {
-    local($string) = @_;
-    local($e);
-
-    return 1 if $logfile eq "no";
-
-    local($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year) = localtime;
-    $year += 1900;
-    $mon++;
-
-    foreach $e ('sec', 'min', 'hour', 'mday', 'mon') {
-       # '7' -> '07'
-       eval "\$$e = 0 . \$$e" if (eval "\$$e" < 10);
-    }
-
-    &append_file($logfile, "$year/$mon/$mday $hour:$min:$sec $string");
-}
-
 # create HOME directory, copy dotfiles from $dotdir to $HOME
 sub home_create {
     local($name, $group) = @_;
@@ -1589,9 +1572,6 @@ message_file = "$message_file"
 # config file for adduser ("/etc/adduser.conf")
 config = "$config"
 
-# logfile ("/var/log/adduser" or "no")
-logfile = "$logfile"
-
 # default HOME directory ("/home")
 home = "$home"
 
@@ -1651,4 +1631,5 @@ END {
            close PTMP;
            unlink($etc_ptmp) || warn "Error: unable to remove $etc_ptmp: $!\nPlease verify that $etc_ptmp no longer exists!\n";
     }
+    closelog();
 }
diff --git rmuser.perl rmuser.perl
index bda29b86c19..22f1cb63613 100644
--- rmuser.perl
+++ rmuser.perl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #      $From: rmuser.perl,v 1.2 1996/12/07 21:25:12 ache Exp $
 
 use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock);
+use Sys::Syslog;
 
 $ENV{"PATH"} = "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin";
 umask(022);
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ if ($< != 0) {
 }
 
 &open_files;
+openlog("rmuser", "nofatal,pid", "LOG_USER"); # setup syslog connection
 
 if ($#ARGV == 0) {
     # Username was given as a parameter
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ if (-e "$crontab_dir/$login_name") {
 # Copy master password file to new file less removed user's entry
 
 &update_passwd_file;
+syslog("LOG_INFO", "user removed: name=$login_name");
 
 #
 # Remove the user from all groups in /etc/group
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ if (-e "$mail_dir/$login_name" || -l "$mail_dir/$login_name") {
 #
 # All done!
 
+closelog();
 exit 0;
 
 sub get_login_name {



On Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 at 7:55 PM, Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On 2024/10/22 17:11:04 +0000, Herbert Bärschneider herbert.baerschneider@protonmail.com wrote:
> 
> > PS: I couldn't figure out how to make these patches with CVS, so
> > plain diff it is
> 
> 
> I have no opinion on the contents of the diff, but please send at least
> a unified diff (using diff(1) -u flag).
> 
> For how to generate diffs with CVS, please see this FAQ
> https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Diff, but notice that assuming
> 
> ~/.cvsrc is the default one, just running `cvs diff' in a CVS checkout
> will produce a unified diff that you can then attach to a mail.