Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:40:01 GMT From: J B <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/172965: pw useradd does not allow -g "" Message-ID: <201210222140.q9MLe1OQ098645@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/172965; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: J B <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jeff@bovine.net
Cc:
Subject: Re: misc/172965: pw useradd does not allow -g ""
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:35:49 +0200
You took it out of context.
$ man pw
...
The useradd command also has the ability to set new user and group
defaults by using the -D option. Instead of adding a new user, pw writes
a new set of defaults to its configuration file, /etc/pw.conf. When
using the -D option, you must not use either -n name or -u uid or an
error will result. Use of -D changes the meaning of several command line
switches in the useradd command. These are:
-D Set default values in /etc/pw.conf configuration file, or a
different named configuration file if the -C config option
is used.
...
# pw useradd -D -g ""
# cat /etc/pw.conf
...
# Default group (leave blank for new group per user)
defaultgroup = ""
...
# pw useradd moo3
# grep -i moo3 /etc/passwd
moo3:*:1005:1005:User &:/home/moo3:/bin/sh
# pw useradd -D -g "nobody"
# cat /etc/pw.conf
...
# Default group (leave blank for new group per user)
defaultgroup = "nobody"
...
# pw useradd moo4
# grep -i moo4 /etc/passwd
moo4:*:1006:65534:User &:/home/moo4:/bin/sh
jb
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