Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:23:38 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Jill R Pelavin <jill@securify.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pw problem- can't get it to work Message-ID: <19991209152338.B12088@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <384F0D99.492DD70@securify.com>; from jill@securify.com on Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 06:02:01PM -0800 References: <384F0D99.492DD70@securify.com>
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On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 06:02:01PM -0800, Jill R Pelavin wrote:
> I'm trying to use pw to add users (as I want to call this in a
> script) and I am experimenting with it on the command line.
>
> for example, I have typed:
>
> # pw useradd jill -m -s bash
>
> the output I get is: Password for jill is: anaoentuhaotuenh
> pw: no default shell available or
> defined
[...]
I think it stops in its tracks on any error..
> does anybody know why this is happening? my pw.conf file, which is
> located in /etc, is included below
[...]
> # Colon separated list of directories containing valid shells
> shellpath = "/bin","usr/local/bin"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think this should read:
shellpath = "/bin","/usr/local/bin"
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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