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Date:      Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:56:50 -0800
From:      "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
To:        Bill Sandiford <bill@interlinks.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 3.0 Release and pw command - Potential Bug? 
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19981026115650.05103b10@ccsales.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810221728020.4502-100000@ns2.interlinks.net >

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At 05:28 PM 10/22/98 -0400, Bill Sandiford wrote:
>
>
>We are having a problem with FreeBSD 3.0 Release and it's associated pw
>command.  We have scripts that used to work perfectly in the 2.2.x line.
>The script still works perfectly when we run it manually as root (logged
>in at the terminal) however when cron executes the script, the pw commands
>in the script don't work.  We are executing the script using the crontab
>for root.  We know that the script is executing because some of the
>other commands in the script are happening and working.  The script is
>designed to add a new user to our system and the line with pw looks
>something like this :
>
>echo password | pw useradd username -h 0 -c "Full Name" -g group -u uid -m
-d homedir
>
>obviously we substitute a correct numeric id for uid and proper groupname
>for group, etc.
>
>We are not sure if this is a problem with our system or a bug with the pw
>command that is in the 3.0 release...we have also tried invoking the
>script from and inetd process as well.....we have tried this script on 3
>different systems and it doesn't work on any of them except when invoked
>manually.
>
>Any help please!!!
>
>------------------------------------------
>Bill Sandiford Jr. - Systems Administrator
>Interlinks - http://www.interlinks.net
>sysop@interlinks.net - bill@interlinks.net
>(905)404-0810
>
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