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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:23:27 +0200
From:      Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org>
To:        Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pw create home dir issue
Message-ID:  <480DA07F.4030905@boosten.org>
In-Reply-To: <745411.61636.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References:  <745411.61636.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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Unga wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I cannot get the pw to create a new user's home
> directory. Here is what I used:
> 
> pw -V /etc useradd -n test \
> 	-c "Test User" -b /home/ \
> 	-G "wheel,operator" -m -M 0700 \
> 	-k /etc/skel/ -s /usr/local/bin/bash
> 
> It creates the user without user's home directory.
> Once home directory is created manually, the account
> can be used. I don't have a /etc/pw.conf. I also used
> -d /home/, but it still doesn't create the home
> directory.
> 

I use it without the slash:

adduser -d /home -q -s /usr/local/bin/rzsh

Works like charm

Peter
-- 
http://www.boosten.org



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