From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 9 19: 2:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D2414D57 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:02:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26333; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:02:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from oracle.apana.org.au(203.3.126.130), claiming to be "ORACLE" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdQ26331; Mon Jan 10 13:02:15 2000 Message-ID: <012701bf5b17$8fb236e0$827e03cb@ORACLE> From: "Doug Young" To: "Majid Almassari" Cc: References: <20000110020922.7390.qmail@web1903.mail.yahoo.com> <01bf01bf5b15$f9db4180$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com> Subject: Re: New USer Account Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:05:32 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'd appreciate clarification of one point here, whats the significance of the dialog that pops up asking about "what shell do you want" ?? Like does it really matter for a gateway machine that will rarely be looked at ?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Majid Almassari" To: "Solic khoo" ; "Jonathan Chen" Cc: Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 12:54 PM Subject: Re: New USer Account > try /usr/sbin/adduser not usr/sbin/adduser (don't forget the leading forward > slash). Hope that helps > > Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. > System Administrator. > iBroadcast, Inc. > (206) 223-5540 > http://www.ibroadcast.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Solic khoo > To: Jonathan Chen > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:09 PM > Subject: Re: New USer Account > > > > Yes, I tried "adduser" and also "usr/sbin/adduser" > > command, but the system informed command not > > found....i don't know why, and I checked it with the > > manpages....but still not worked..... > > > > regards, > > solic khoo > > > > --- Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 05:44:46PM -0800, Solic khoo > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Sorry, I'm a newbie in FreeBSD. > > > > I'm facing some problems in creating new user, > > > I > > > > have manually modify the etc/master.passwd file > > > and > > > > etc/group , is anyone please tell some simple > > > steps in > > > > creating new user account in freeBSD ? Thanks. I'm > > > > urgently needs to setup a new user account in > > > FreeBSD > > > > now..... > > > > > > Have you tried `adduser' > > > -- > > > Jonathan Chen > > > Once is dumb luck. > > > > > > Twice is coincidence. > > > Three times and Somebody Is Trying To > > > Tell You Something. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message