From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 13:28:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D90537B404 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:28:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anyfloridahome.com (adsl-068-153-193-052.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [68.153.193.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA83143F93 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:28:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@anything-inc.com) Received: from neo.anything-inc.com [68.153.193.50] by anyfloridahome.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.00) id A3815C500FE; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:35:13 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030804162429.00adbc98@mail.anything-inc.com> X-Sender: bob@anything-inc.com@mail.anything-inc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:25:50 -0400 To: "gfsd" From: Bob Collins In-Reply-To: <000801c35abb$a76c1b50$0301a8c0@jackofalltraits> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba and $ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:28:42 -0000 At 02:07 PM 8/4/2003 -0500, gfsd wrote: >Why can't i create a user with a $ on the end? For machine trust accounts >i need to add each one by hand, instead of on the fly creation. When I use >adduser it will not let me add a user with a $ on the end, is there a way >around that? >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" That is to be expected in FreeBSD and Samba. It is in the notes. So, what you do, is make your user. The edit, by hand, the password file. vipw is the command to use. Add the $ and save the file. No real way around it that I know of. -- Bob NOTICE TO BULK E-MAILERS: Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, 227, and all unsolicited commercial e-mail sent to this address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of $500 US