Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:15:56 -0800 From: "Shawn Ramsey" <shawn@megadeth.org> To: <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Adding Users with a shell script Message-ID: <01eb01c0b8e0$e29b7d80$fe48a93f@shawn> References: <27396d277a9b.277a9b27396d@mbox.com.au>
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> Hiya all, > > I need to be able to add users to be FreeBSD box via a shell script. On > Linux this was a simple affair as I could have something like: > > adduser -G pop3 -s /bin/false -p secret joe > > This would add the user joe to the system with the next available UID, > no login shell, add him to the pop3 group and set his password to "secret". > > How do I do this on FreeBSD as the "adduser" utility on FreeBSD insists > on being completly interactive even in "silent" mode (-s) and even when > I pass all my options to it via the command line switches. Have you looked at "pw" ? It is completly non-interactive, and pretty much anything parameter can be passed to it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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