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Date:      Fri, 17 Dec 1999 06:03:40 +0100
From:      Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it>
To:        Brant Brookie <brant@fastserve.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: using the pw command
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19991217060155.00a82420@194.184.65.4>
In-Reply-To: <38595914.6D4A2EE1@fastserve.net>

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At 16/12/99, Brant Brookie wrote:
>I am having difficulty adding a user from my webform vi a perl script.
>Here is the command that I have been using, (3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD)
>
>system("echo $password | pw useradd $username -d $home/$username -m -k
>$skeletondir");
>
>It adds the user just fine, but I can't seem to log in under the user.
>Only when I change the password, can I telnet in without a password
>error.
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>
>Brant Brookie

I think you should add a second command to modify the pwd:

system("echo $password | pw usermod $username -h 0");

Please let me know if it helps...



Best Regards,
Gianmarco Giovannelli ,  "Unix expert since yesterday"
http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco
http://www2.masternet.it





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