From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 19 06:19:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1511065676 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CA78FC16 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.178]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JZK0008J44HE110@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:19:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JZK004M044F8L00@pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:19:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JZK00K4944ENU00@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:19:26 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC0DB83E for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:43 +0000 From: prad In-reply-to: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080417174043.332c3e0c@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: Subject: Re: useradd & adduser X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:19:29 -0000 On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:35:19 +0800 "Ruel Luchavez" wrote: > I keep on thinking guys what is the difference between useradd & > adduser command? > ruel, as jonathan writes useradd doesn't exist. it is however, an 'option' of pw and can be used through that. jonathan is also correct in saying that freebsd is one of the best documented systems ever!! just man pw and you'll find useradd and all sorts of other goodies! -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's