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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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