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Subject: Re: Problem adding user with pw
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Ashley Moran wrote:

>Please forgive me if I've missed something obvious, but I've googled for this 
>error and get no results.
>
>I want to add a new user with the pw command:
>
>	root@alfie# cat /etc/pw.conf
>	shellpath = /bin,/usr/bin/,/usr/local/bin
>	shell = sh,csh,tcsh,bash
>	defaultshell = bash
>
>	root@alfie# which bash
>	/usr/local/bin/bash
>
>but ...
>
>	root@alfie# pw useradd testuser
>	pw: no default shell available or defined
>
>Does anyone know why I get this error message?
>
>
>Thanks 
>Ashley
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maybe missing entry in /etc/shells ?