Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:17:01 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Tim McCullagh <timbo@halenet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Creating a pw.conf file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012041409420.30136-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <03a001c05cd3$64e8b100$6500a8c0@halenet.com.au>
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Tim McCullagh wrote: > Can anyone tell me either how to create a pw.conf file or where to find the > documentation that would. I have man ed pw and pw.conf and I seem to be > missing something. Useing adduser(8) for the first time will create pw.conf for you. > What I am trying to do is use the following comand within a perl script to > add a user. > > "/usr/sbin/pw useradd -d $dir -m -s $shell -u $uid -n $username", > ("echo $password | /usr/sbin/pw usermod $username -h fd") > > It adds the user but will not insert the password bur rather inserts a * > instead Try using "-h 0" instead of "-h fd". man pw again! > > The pw command works, but I have no pw.conf file. Can anyone tell me where > it would be reading its defaults from. > > thanks > > Tim > -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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