From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 11:06:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4D3C106566B for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@hst.org.za) Received: from hermes.hst.org.za (onix.hst.org.za [209.203.2.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D18F78FC1C for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:06:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@hst.org.za) Received: from sysadmin.hst.org.za (sysadmin.int.dbn.hst.org.za [10.1.1.20]) (authenticated bits=0) by hermes.hst.org.za (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3MB5ZPq068316 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:05:36 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from jonathan@hst.org.za) From: Jonathan McKeown Organization: Health Systems Trust To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:07:48 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <927058.56039.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <927058.56039.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804221307.49108.jonathan@hst.org.za> X-Spam-Score: -4.399 () ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.61 on 209.203.2.133 Subject: Re: pw create home dir issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:06:08 -0000 On Tuesday 22 April 2008 12:54, Unga wrote: > --- Peter Boosten wrote: > > > > I use [pw] without the slash: > > > > adduser -d /home -q -s /usr/local/bin/rzsh > > > > Works like charm > > There is no keyword adduser to the pw(8) :) =46rom the manpage: The first one or two keywords provided to pw on the command line provi= de the context for the remainder of the arguments. The keywords user and group may be combined with add, del, mod, show, or next in any order. (For example, showuser, usershow, show user, and user show all mean the same thing.) This flexibility is useful for interactive scripts calli= ng pw for user and group database manipulation.=20 Please verify that what you're saying is right before posting: people rely = on=20 this list. Jonathan