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Date:      30 Apr 1998 20:52:33 -0000
From:      Jason Nordwick <nordwick@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        TMM@infothuis.nl
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: adduser 'errors'
Message-ID:  <19980430205233.26512.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: TMM@infothuis.nl on 4/30/1998 to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <3548D0D1.FF7CB71@infothuis.nl>
References:  <3548D0D1.FF7CB71@infothuis.nl>

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The Mad Maniac, on Thu 4/30/1998, wrote the following:
> 
> [FreeBSD 2.2.2 **Newby Allert**]
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i just thought i would add a few users to my system, but when i start
> 'adduser' this is what it tells me:
> 
> check /etc/shells
> check /etc/master.passwd
> user deamon: illegal shell: ``/nonexistent''
> user games: illegal shell: ``/nonexistent''
> user man: illegal shell: ``/nonexistent''
> check /etc/group
> 
> and then i need to do a lot of stuff.
> 
> Can someone tell me how this could have happened (didn't do this before)
> and how to fix it ?
> 
> 

add /nonexistent to /etc/shells ? (I am kinda new too). 

  echo /nonexistent >> /etc/shells

???

jay

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