From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 00:10:59 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 12D7C37B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:10:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freep.dyns.net (adsl-64-166-224-68.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.166.224.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 047E543F75 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 00:10:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from micheas@micheas.dyns.net) Received: (qmail 59377 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2003 07:21:43 -0000 Received: from tux.a (HELO tux) (mail@10.0.0.173) by adsl-64-166-224-68.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 07:21:43 -0000 Received: from micheas by tux with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19jvfw-00021p-00; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 23:52:04 -0700 From: Micheas Herman To: FreeBSD List In-Reply-To: <1060044067.4512.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030804162429.00adbc98@mail.anything-inc.com> <1060044067.4512.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1060066321.19968.12.camel@tux> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 04 Aug 2003 23:52:03 -0700 Sender: Micheas Herman cc: FreeBSD List 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: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:10:59 -0000 On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 17:41, Jon Reynolds wrote: > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 12:25, Bob Collins wrote: > > 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? adduser is a perl script in 4.x. You can edit the file to allow '$' in the user name. Or further hack it so that it knows that any name that ends in '$' is a samba machine name and have it execute the correct smbpasswd command as well. A quick visit to an active irc channel should get you any help you need. (it did me a long time ago.) good luck, Micheas > > >_______________________________________________ > > >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 > > Is there a good howto for setting up freebsd as a pdc with winxp? I am > having a helluva time trying to get the xp box to logon. > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > 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"