Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:58:21 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Justin Boss <jlboss@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pw and samba Message-ID: <20020223085821.C56258@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20020223085548.B56258@grimoire.chen.org.nz>; from jonc@chen.org.nz on Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 08:55:48AM %2B1300 References: <20020222162835.95726.qmail@web13108.mail.yahoo.com> <20020223085548.B56258@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 08:55:48AM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 08:28:35AM -0800, Justin Boss wrote: > > I use FreeBSD 4.4 with Samba. I'm trying to get the > > 'add user script' working so it will add workstation > > trust account. Workstation trust account end with a $ > > ( workstation$ ) but pw gives me a invalid character > > '$'. Currently my add user script looks like this 'pw > > useradd -n %m$ -g staff -s /sbin/nologin -c %m -d /' > > %m is the value of the name of the workstation that is > > passed by Samba. What I was thinking needs to be done > > is have pw except the $ as a valid character. Is there > > another way? > > The '$' is signicant to all shells. Use \$ instead. If that fails, you'll have to stick with vipw(8). -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If everything's under control, you're going too slow" - Mario Andretti To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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