Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:14:02 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Chris Collins <chris@collins-ca.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adduser problem Message-ID: <20020322181402.8156188@nebula.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20020322130315.H5980-100000@bsduser.ca> References: <20020322130315.H5980-100000@bsduser.ca>
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On Friday 22 March 2002 09:06 am, Chris Collins wrote: > Hello > > I seem to be having trouble adding a user with adduser. > > It keeps asking me for the username. > > Enter username [tst]: test > Username doesn't match the regexp /tst/ > Enter username [tst]: test > Username doesn't match the regexp /tst/ > Enter username [tst]: test > Username doesn't match the regexp /tst/ > Enter username [tst]: tst > Please enter a username > Enter username [tst]: tst > Please enter a username > Enter username [tst]: > > > Do anybody have any ideas why this is not working. > > > Chris At the first regexp prompt just hit enter. That is not for entering a username, it's for setting up what characters are accepted in a username. I agree it's very confusing, that change bit me in the butt a few days back. Beech -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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