Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 22:21:13 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Creating a user/group ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960808221756.1651B-100000@bdd.net>
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Is there a preferred or recommended way of creating a user and/or group when a ported progra requires one? I currently use 'chpass -a' to create a user and just append a line to the group file (if one doesn't already exist) in the majordomo port. It works, but seems very backward and ugly. I haven't played with gnu configure yet, but does it allow such function in a standardized way ? If not, are there any other packages to make the process foolproof ? Also, if a port needs to create a user, is there any way to make it a package, or am I out of luck due to the level of system (if not user) interaction ? -- j. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | James FitzGibbon james@nexis.net | | Integrator, The Nexis Group Voice/Fax : 416 410-0100 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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