Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:42:17 +1000 From: "Alastair G. Hogge" <agh@tpg.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jammet@swbell.net Subject: Re: OK i feel stupid about this noob question but.... Message-ID: <200407101942.17628.agh@tpg.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1089449568.236.17.camel@Desolation> References: <1089449568.236.17.camel@Desolation>
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On Saturday 10 July 2004 18:52, Jammet wrote: > I dont know whats wrong with me but for some reason i cant add users to > my system. I go through the whole bit of adduser -s but it asks "user > names must match reguilar expressions [regext] " ... I dont even > remember that happening when i use to add users or i might just be going > insane, anyways i put in regext or the username or something but when i > finaly get through the other 4 questions on there and get to acually try > to add the user it says it must follow the expression ... I decided to > beat my head agenst my desk to see if i could knock something lose, > anyone wanna help with this? i have added users before ( back when i > first got everything installed about 2 years ago) and have not really > needed to since, but now im trying again.. Ummm. Do you have a /etc/adduser file? Maybe this file is corrupt, try moving it and then run adduser again. If I remember correctly the first run thru of adduser stores some settings on how root likes to add users, such as name limitations/expressions. Someone might have added an user and changed the "internal" settings or something. Also try adding a user thru the sysinstall interface. -Alastair
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