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Date:      Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:08:16 +1000
From:      bsd-freak@mbox.com.au
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Adding Users with a shell script
Message-ID:  <27396d277a9b.277a9b27396d@mbox.com.au>

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Hiya all,

I need to be able to add users to be FreeBSD box via a shell script. On
Linux this was a simple affair as I could have something like:

adduser -G pop3 -s /bin/false -p secret joe

This would add the user joe to the system with the next available UID,
no login shell, add him to the pop3 group and set his password to "secret". 

How do I do this on FreeBSD as the "adduser" utility on FreeBSD insists
on being completly interactive even in "silent" mode (-s) and even when
I pass all my options to it via the command line switches.


Thanks heaps all....


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