Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:09:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: newuser Message-ID: <200406251609.i5PG9Ur00231@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040625124942.GB16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> from "Matthew Seaman" at Jun 25, 2004 01:49:42 PM
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> > On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:30:25AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > >=20 > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:58:41PM -0400, James Bell wrote: > > > > =20 > > > > I have BSD UNIX. > > > > =20 > > > > What commands should I use from the root to create a new user. > > >=20 > > > Essentially: > > >=20 > > > # pw useradd -n name -m > > > # passwd name > > >=20 > > > I suggest that you immediately read the pw(8) man page and the > > > appropriate section of the Handbook: > > >=20 > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html > >=20 > > 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. pw(8) is not (IMHO) particularly difficult to use. 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. A little ST here (Side Track, cousin of OT): I like that - maybe that sort of phrase should be a standard piece of boiler plate in a lot of man pages and various other parts of documentation, eg > but if > you adopt the principle of not fiddling with the bits you don't (yet) > understand, XXXXXX basically does the right thing. ////jerry > 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. > > Try adduser ... the manpage is pretty informative. > > TIMTOWTDI. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > --=20 > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFA3B9miD657aJF7eIRAnKaAKCJl+uMUIyqNwNjyRvTIfpk9oqiMwCdHtuF > fQ7BlMKPZRLa5cAkIkhJKGE= > =3ZYV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX-- >
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