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From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:58:41PM -0400, James Bell wrote:
> =20
> I have BSD UNIX.
> =20
> What commands should I use from the root to create a new user.

Essentially:

    # pw useradd -n name -m
    # passwd name

I suggest that you immediately read the pw(8) man page and the
appropriate section of the Handbook:

    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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