From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 30 14:55:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA29331 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:55:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from odyssey.apana.org.au (odyssey.apana.org.au [203.11.114.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA29306 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:55:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dean@odyssey.apana.org.au) Received: from Inbox (dialup01.wa.apana.org.au [203.11.114.101]) by odyssey.apana.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id FAA14747; Fri, 1 May 1998 05:54:44 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister Message-Id: <199804302154.FAA14747@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: TMM@infothuis.nl, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: adduser 'errors' Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 05:46 +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----Original Message----- >From: The Mad Maniac >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