Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:41:07 -0800 From: Jon Reynolds <jonr@destar.net> To: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Samba and $ Message-ID: <1060044067.4512.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030804162429.00adbc98@mail.anything-inc.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030804162429.00adbc98@mail.anything-inc.com>
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On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 12:25, Bob Collins wrote: > At 02:07 PM 8/4/2003 -0500, gfsd wrote: > >Why can't i create a user with a $ on the end? For machine trust accounts > >i need to add each one by hand, instead of on the fly creation. When I use > >adduser it will not let me add a user with a $ on the end, is there a way > >around that? > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > That is to be expected in FreeBSD and Samba. It is in the notes. So, what > you do, is make your user. The edit, by hand, the password file. vipw is > the command to use. Add the $ and save the file. > > No real way around it that I know of. > > -- Bob > > NOTICE TO BULK E-MAILERS: Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, > Subchapter II, 227, and all unsolicited commercial e-mail sent to this > address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of $500 US Is there a good howto for setting up freebsd as a pdc with winxp? I am having a helluva time trying to get the xp box to logon. Jon
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