From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 5 5:15: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rhosgobel.none (kabel203069.kabel.utwente.nl [130.89.203.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACA737B401 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 05:15:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from r.j.s@gmx.net) Received: (from rjs@localhost) by rhosgobel.none (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f75CED202079; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:14:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from r.j.s@gmx.net) X-Authentication-Warning: rhosgobel.none: rjs set sender to r.j.s@gmx.net using -f Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:14:12 +0200 From: Rogier Steehouder To: "Justin W . Pauler" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FBSD-Q] adding users Message-ID: <20010805141412.A2028@rhosgobel.net> Mail-Followup-To: Rogier Steehouder , "Justin W . Pauler" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <01080503385606.00491@justin.home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01080503385606.00491@justin.home.lan>; from justin@pauler.org on Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 03:38:56AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 03:38:56AM +0000, Justin W . Pauler wrote: > To all the FreeBSD gurus: > > I am looking for a way to add users to my FreeBSD box based on some type of > script. With the service that I provide, users sign up on a form on my > webpage. From there, I would like that data to be sent to a local command > which adds the user to the box. > > I have tried many things, but I just can't get adduser to do it. Is there > another way of doing this? I'm no guru, but I'll give it a try. Try the pw command. Since I discovered that one I never used adduser ever again. It takes almost everything from the command line. The man page describes how to specify the password not on the command line (for security). with kind regards, Rogier Steehouder -- ___ _ -O_\ // | / Rogier Steehouder //\ / \ rjs@gmx.net // \ <---------------------- 90m ----------------------> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message