Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:56:50 -0800 From: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com> To: Bill Sandiford <bill@interlinks.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.0 Release and pw command - Potential Bug? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981026115650.05103b10@ccsales.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810221728020.4502-100000@ns2.interlinks.net >
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Check your $PATH. At 05:28 PM 10/22/98 -0400, Bill Sandiford wrote: > > >We are having a problem with FreeBSD 3.0 Release and it's associated pw >command. We have scripts that used to work perfectly in the 2.2.x line. >The script still works perfectly when we run it manually as root (logged >in at the terminal) however when cron executes the script, the pw commands >in the script don't work. We are executing the script using the crontab >for root. We know that the script is executing because some of the >other commands in the script are happening and working. The script is >designed to add a new user to our system and the line with pw looks >something like this : > >echo password | pw useradd username -h 0 -c "Full Name" -g group -u uid -m -d homedir > >obviously we substitute a correct numeric id for uid and proper groupname >for group, etc. > >We are not sure if this is a problem with our system or a bug with the pw >command that is in the 3.0 release...we have also tried invoking the >script from and inetd process as well.....we have tried this script on 3 >different systems and it doesn't work on any of them except when invoked >manually. > >Any help please!!! > >------------------------------------------ >Bill Sandiford Jr. - Systems Administrator >Interlinks - http://www.interlinks.net >sysop@interlinks.net - bill@interlinks.net >(905)404-0810 > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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