From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 25 14:48:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2456C16A4CF for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:48:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E107E43D41 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:48:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq69-143.dial.allstream.net [216.123.142.111]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id C473D1EC360; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:48:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:47:59 -0400 From: epilogue@allstream.net To: Bill Moran Message-Id: <20040625104759.08837cda@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040625090019.4817aef3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <000001c45a68$b61c67b0$6601a8c0@james09sc2chsi> <20040625121845.GA16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040625083025.58e21223.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20040625124942.GB16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040625090019.4817aef3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newuser X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:48:17 -0000 On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:00:19 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:30:25AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:58:41PM -0400, James Bell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I have BSD UNIX. > > > > > > > > > > What commands should I use from the root to create a new user. > > > > > > > > Essentially: > > > > > > > > # pw useradd -n name -m > > > > # passwd name > > > > > > > > I suggest that you immediately read the pw(8) man page and the > > > > appropriate section of the Handbook: > > > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html > > > > > > Um ... no offense, Matt, but isn't that a bit overly difficult for a > > > new user? > > > > I think that's an unreasonably pessimistic view of the capabilities of > > new users. > > Not what I intended. > > > pw(8) is not (IMHO) particularly difficult to use. > > Agreed. > > > Yes, > > there are a lot of different options for doing various things, but if > > you adopt the principle of not fiddling with the bits you don't (yet) > > understand, pw(8) basically does the right thing. pw(8) also has a > > very nifty feature where you can just stick 'help' into the command > > line and it tells you what options are available. > > My point was that adduser walks you through all the steps required to > create a user (such as entering the GECOS stuff, and picking a shell, > creating a home directory (although you handled that with -m)) > > Personally, I understand pw, and yet I find adduser to simply be more > convenient. I guess that was my real point. The difficulty in user > managemet on a Unix system (to a new user) is not the commands > themselves, but all the various steps required to actually create a > useful user account. adduser puts those all together in a "wizard" > fashon, while pw gives you lots of opportunities to forget steps. > > > > Try adduser ... the manpage is pretty informative. > > > > TIMTOWTDI. > > OK, you're going to have to enlighten me by letting me know what that > abbreviation stands for. > heya bill, http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=timtowtdi&Find=Find a handy resource to bookmark (or, if you use opera, integrate into your browser via search.ini -- not sure about how firefox/moz deals with this) cheers, epi > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >