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Subject: problem with "pw"
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I'm having a nuisance problem, especially when I try to update my
ports.  I'm using cups as an example, but other ports show the
problem:

root# pw usershow cups
pw: no such user `cups'
root# pw useradd cups -g cups -u 193
pw: user 'cups' already exists

Any idea what the problem is and how to fix it?

Thanks.