Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:43:21 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is the freebsd version for "useradd -M"? Message-ID: <20020918194321.GF47378@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020918080119.1fecc8e4.nkinkade@dsl-only.net> References: <20020917232551.10809.qmail@web20104.mail.yahoo.com> <20020918090513.GA20911@hades.hell.gr> <20020918080119.1fecc8e4.nkinkade@dsl-only.net>
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On 2002-09-18 08:01, Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:05:14 +0300
> Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> > There is no useradd command in FreeBSD. You probably want to use
> > pw(8) for adding users, but then it's probably the -m option that you
> > are supposed to use (to create the user's HOME directory too).
>
> What are the drawbacks of using the `adduser -s` command? Above, you
> say, "There is no useradd command in FreeBSD." Yet you don't mention
> the similar, but transposed, `adduser` command. I've always used the
> `adduser -s` command. Should I not be using this utility?
I like commands that can be scripted, without requiring any user
intervention from the terminal. So far, I've used pw(8) with great
results, but this is clearly a matter of preference.
--
Giorgos Keramidas % keramida@{ceid.upatras.gr,freebsd.org}
FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p20 #14: Tue Sep 17 15:23:24 EEST 2002
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