From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 17:47:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A6C137B407 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mmp-3.gci.net (mmp-3.gci.net [208.138.130.77]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C21F43F85 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:47:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonr@destar.net) Received: from mldn.ninestar.com (64-164-237-24-mvl.nwc.gci.net [24.237.164.64]) by mmp-3.gci.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HJ400A4LFIIGS@mmp-3.gci.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:47:06 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:41:07 -0800 From: Jon Reynolds In-reply-to: <5.2.0.9.0.20030804162429.00adbc98@mail.anything-inc.com> To: FreeBSD List Message-id: <1060044067.4512.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: Destar Communications MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030804162429.00adbc98@mail.anything-inc.com> Subject: Re: Samba and $ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jonr@destar.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:47:08 -0000 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