From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 30 6:42:36 2002 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 CDBB037B401; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:42:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.pressenter.com (hermes.pressenter.com [209.224.20.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951E143EC2; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:42:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nospam@hiltonbsd.com) Received: from [209.224.35.128] (helo=daggar.sbgnet.net) by hermes.pressenter.com with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 18T17N-0006eX-00; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:42:13 -0600 Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:42:02 -0600 From: Stephen Hilton To: , Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adduser .. revisited, an apology Message-Id: <20021230084202.0530d91e.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <20021230104926.GL215@vectors.cx> References: <20021229185302.GA291@raggedclown.net> <200212292050.GBTKOTK38979@asarian-host.net> <20021229214046.GG1181@raggedclown.net> <20021230104926.GL215@vectors.cx> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800 Adam Weinberger wrote: > The whole point of this email has been entirely overlooked: to someone > who is unfamiliar with adduser, the initial configuration questions > aren't identifiable as such. Perhaps a note such as "Answers to the > following questions will be used as rules for future user additions:" Or > something that makes more sense. I agree with Adam, this bit me in the past also thinking that the "Usernames must match regular expression: " prompt was asking for the new users name, then also munging up my /etc/adduser.conf file with my proposed new users name, instead of the regular exp. This was all pilot error, but an easy error for a new admin/user to make. ----------------------snip-------------------------- desktop># adduser /etc/adduser.conf: No such file or directory Use option ``-silent'' if you don't want to see all warnings and questions. Check /etc/shells Check /etc/master.passwd Check /etc/group Usernames must match regular expression: [^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_-]*$]: ----------------------snip-------------------------- Especially unfriendly to a very new admin/user, who should probably be referred to /stand/sysinstall post-install configuration. Remember that as a new user to FreeBSD/UNIX one of the first recommended steps is to get a non-root login, and use it!. Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message