Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 22:03:37 +0300 From: Johan Paul <mailing-lists@johanpaul.com> To: Stefan Prestele <stefan@linux-fun.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem adding user (4.8R) Message-ID: <3F047E09.9040109@johanpaul.com> In-Reply-To: <20030703185651.GA20473@obsd.home.org> References: <3F0478F6.6040601@johanpaul.com> <20030703185651.GA20473@obsd.home.org>
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Stefan Prestele wrote: > I think the problem is, that you have entered a user name when you were > asked for a regex for user names. So restart adduser and read the > questions properly. The question for a regular expression that user > names have to match should be 'a-z0-9_-´ (whithout the quotes). Then > when the question for the user name to add appears you should be able to > enter every name matching the obove regex. Thanks - this was the problem! :-) I'm used to the Linux way of adding users which doesn't have this setup phase - I just have to remember to use the -silent toggle when adding further users. Thanks! :-) > > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 09:41:58PM +0300, Johan Paul wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I just installed FreeBSD 4.8 and tried to add a user to the system using >>'adduser foo'. >> >>I get a few questions and then this: >> >>-- 8< -- >>Don't worry about mistakes. I will give you the chance later to correct >>any input. >>Enter username [foo]: >>Please enter a username >>Enter username [foo]: foo >>Please enter a username >>Enter username [foo]: >>-- 8< -- >> >>...whatever I type in as username, the system rejects it. >> >>I can add users via sysinstall. But this bothers me... what could be wrong? >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Johan Paul >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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