From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 13 15:33:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20727 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:33:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from amber.ghostwheel.com (amber.ghostwheel.com [207.201.56.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20719 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:33:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from merlin@ghostwheel.com) Received: from amber.ghostwheel.com (amber.ghostwheel.com [207.201.56.89]) by amber.ghostwheel.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA01133 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:32:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:32:59 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Knight To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: false error while adding user via sysinstall Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was trying to add a user named '2grnflcn' to my system via /stand/sysinstall and was given the error that this user already exists. I checked with vipw to make sure I wasn't being absent minded, and the user is not there. If there is a valid reason this account can't exist, then sysinstall needs to give a more informative response. My system was updated prior to compile on: FreeBSD shadows.ghostwheel.com 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #9: Sun Jan 10 10:43:20 PST 1999 merlin@shadows.ghostwheel.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SHADOWS i386 A manual useradd worked correctly with the same information. -ck To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message