Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 14:00:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/54655: [PATCH] update "Modifying Accounts" chapter in handbook for FreeBSD 5.x Message-ID: <200307201200.h6KC0uZC011393@korben.in.tern> Resent-Message-ID: <200307201210.h6KCA8Ri097458@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54655
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] update "Modifying Accounts" chapter in handbook for FreeBSD 5.x
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 20 05:10:08 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Lukas Ertl
>Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Vienna University Computer Center
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD korben 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #4: Mon Jul 14 22:28:43 CEST 2003 le@korben:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KORBEN i386
>Description:
In FreeBSD 5.x, some commands have slighty different usage than in 4.x.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- users.diff begins here ---
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/bsdcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -r1.37 chapter.sgml
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.sgml 10 Oct 2002 21:14:28 -0000 1.37
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.sgml 20 Jul 2003 11:51:02 -0000
@@ -384,7 +384,12 @@
<filename>/usr/share/skel</filename>, and can optionally mail
the new user a welcome message.</para>
- <para>To create the initial configuration file, use
+ <para>In &os; 5.0, &man.adduser.8; was rewritten from a
+ Perl script to a shell script that acts as wrapper around
+ &man.pw.8;, so its usage is slightly different on &os; 4.x
+ and &os; 5.x.</para>
+
+ <para>To create the initial configuration file on &os; 4.x, use
<command>adduser -s -config_create</command>.
<footnote>
<para>The <option>-s</option> makes &man.adduser.8;
@@ -398,7 +403,8 @@
nasty.</para>
<example>
- <title>Configuring <command>adduser</command></title>
+ <title>Configuring <command>adduser</command> and adding a
+ user on &os; 4.x</title>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>adduser -v</userinput>
Use option ``-silent'' if you don't want to see all warnings and questions.
@@ -470,6 +476,40 @@
exit the program, and try the <option>-s</option>
option.</para>
</note>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Adding a user on &os; 5.x</title>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>adduser</userinput>
+Username: <userinput>jru</userinput>
+Full name: <userinput>J. Random User</userinput>
+Uid (Leave empty for default):
+Login group [jru]:
+Login group is jru. Invite jru into other groups? []: <userinput>wheel</userinput>
+Login class [default]:
+Shell (sh csh tcsh bash nologin) [sh]: <userinput>bash</userinput>
+Home directory [/home/jru]:
+Use password-based authentication? [yes]:
+Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]:
+Use a random password? (yes/no) [no]:
+Enter password:
+Enter password again:
+Lock out the account after creation? [no]:
+Username : jru
+Password : *****
+Full Name : J. Random User
+Uid : 1003
+Class :
+Groups : jru wheel
+Home : /home/jru
+Shell : /usr/local/bin/bash
+Locked : no
+OK? (yes/no): <userinput>yes</userinput>
+adduser: INFO: Successfully added (jru) to the user database.
+Add another user? (yes/no): <userinput>no</userinput>
+Goodbye!
+&prompt.root;</screen>
+ </example>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="users-rmuser">
@@ -570,6 +610,11 @@
containing user information. When the user exists from the
editor, the user database is updated with the new
information.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>In &os; 5.x, you will be asked for your password
+ after exiting the editor if you are not the superuser.</para>
+ </note>
<example>
<title>Interactive <command>chpass</command> by Superuser</title>
--- users.diff ends here ---
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