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Date:      Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:45:05 +0200
From:      "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Martin Chandler" <chand@tvt.ne.jp>
Subject:   Re: pw -m with -V
Message-ID:  <00ae01c1d004$b1ffc320$b50d030a@patrick>
References:  <5.0.2.6.2.20020320202415.01eb66f0@mail.tvt.ne.jp>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Chandler" <chand@tvt.ne.jp>
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to add users to just the NIS password map on a NIS
> server which is being kept separate from the regular password file.
>
> I have been using
>
> pw -V /var/yp useradd USER -m -Y
>
> to create the user.  The password map is updated fine, but the user's
home
> directory in not being created.
> If I run pw without the -V option the home directory is created no
problem.
> Is there something I am missing when implementing the -V option?

Martin,

You need to use -C so that pw will read your normal pw.conf file, and
hence know where to create the user's home directory.  Or, put a copy of
/etc/pw.conf into /var/yp .

man pw, and study the -V section for the explanation of this.

Patrick.




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