From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 25 12:49:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F0FE16A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:49:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CBC343D45 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:49:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i5PCngJV061999 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:49:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i5PCng0W061998; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:49:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:49:42 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20040625124942.GB16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Bill Moran , JBell@TheAdelphian.com, questions@freebsd.org References: <000001c45a68$b61c67b0$6601a8c0@james09sc2chsi> <20040625121845.GA16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040625083025.58e21223.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040625083025.58e21223.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Message not sent from an IPv4 address, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.4 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [0.0.0.0]); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:49:42 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040612, clamav-milter version 0.72a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: JBell@TheAdelphian.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newuser X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:49:55 -0000 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:30:25AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > Essentially: > >=20 > > # pw useradd -n name -m > > # passwd name > >=20 > > I suggest that you immediately read the pw(8) man page and the > > appropriate section of the Handbook: > >=20 > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html >=20 > Um ... no offense, Matt, but isn't that a bit overly difficult for a new > user? I think that's an unreasonably pessimistic view of the capabilities of new users. pw(8) is not (IMHO) particularly difficult to use. Yes, there are a lot of different options for doing various things, but if you adopt the principle of not fiddling with the bits you don't (yet) understand, pw(8) basically does the right thing. pw(8) also has a very nifty feature where you can just stick 'help' into the command line and it tells you what options are available. =20 > Try adduser ... the manpage is pretty informative. TIMTOWTDI. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA3B9miD657aJF7eIRAnKaAKCJl+uMUIyqNwNjyRvTIfpk9oqiMwCdHtuF fQ7BlMKPZRLa5cAkIkhJKGE= =3ZYV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX--