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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:54:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        peter@boosten.org
Subject:   Re: pw create home dir issue
Message-ID:  <927058.56039.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <480DA07F.4030905@boosten.org>

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--- Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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
> 

There is no keyword adduser to the pw(8) :)

Regards
Unga


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