Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:50:21 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Creating a user/group ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960809114838.13368B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960808221756.1651B-100000@bdd.net>
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, James FitzGibbon wrote: > > Is there a preferred or recommended way of creating a user and/or group > when a ported progra requires one? I currently use 'chpass -a' to create > a user and just append a line to the group file (if one doesn't already > exist) in the majordomo port. It works, but seems very backward and ugly. Why not use adduser? If I remember correctly, all the needed data can be passed to it on the command line. Alternativly, you could use for example expect. Sander > > I haven't played with gnu configure yet, but does it allow such function > in a standardized way ? If not, are there any other packages to make the > process foolproof ? > > Also, if a port needs to create a user, is there any way to make it a > package, or am I out of luck due to the level of system (if not user) > interaction ? > > -- > j. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | James FitzGibbon james@nexis.net | > | Integrator, The Nexis Group Voice/Fax : 416 410-0100 | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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