Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 05:46 +0800 From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: TMM@infothuis.nl, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: adduser 'errors' Message-ID: <199804302154.FAA14747@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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----Original Message----- >From: The Mad Maniac <TMM@infothuis.nl> >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'' These are system accounts. The shell is set to the ficticious "/nonexistent" primarily to prevent someone from logging into that account. You could write a simple bash script to echo that no logins are permitted and then exit, as a replacement - it would remove the errors. >Can someone tell me how this could have happened (didn't do this before) >and how to fix it ? It is a standard feature. Use the -v switch with adduer to turn the warnings off. Regards, d. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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