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Date:      Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:27:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Sandiford <bill@interlinks.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   FreeBSD 3.0 Release and pw command - Potential Bug?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810221726530.4502-100000@ns2.interlinks.net>

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We are having a problem with FreeBSD 3.0 Release and it's associated pw
command.  We have scripts that used to work perfectly in the 2.2.x line.
The script still works perfectly when we run it manually as root (logged
in at the terminal) however when cron executes the script, the pw commands
in the script don't work.  We are executing the script using the crontab
for root.  We know that the script is executing because some of the
other commands in the script are happening and working.  The script is
designed to add a new user to our system and the line with pw looks
something like this :

echo password | pw useradd username -h 0 -c "Full Name" -g group -u uid -m -d homedir

obviously we substitute a correct numeric id for uid and proper groupname
for group, etc.

We are not sure if this is a problem with our system or a bug with the pw
command that is in the 3.0 release...we have also tried invoking the
script from and inetd process as well.....we have tried this script on 3
different systems and it doesn't work on any of them except when invoked
manually.

Any help please!!!

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Bill Sandiford Jr. - Systems Administrator
Interlinks - http://www.interlinks.net
sysop@interlinks.net - bill@interlinks.net
(905)404-0810




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