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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:17:03 +0800
From:      Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: adduser will not add user
Message-ID:  <20030918091703.27587846.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030917213238.GA99234@skytrackercanada.com>
References:  <20030917213238.GA99234@skytrackercanada.com>

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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:32:38 -0400
David Banning <david+dated+1064266360.07a9b5@skytracker.ca> wrote:

> I have run into a problem here where adduser seems to behave
> normally to interact with, but will not add the user.
> There are no messages in the log file. I wonder where to 
> go to track this down.

Just a wild guess, but check that the appropriate files are not
read-only. A lot of problems can be caused by being in the wrong
directory when you issue a "chmod" command.

regards,
Robert



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