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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 1997 21:40:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        User Mike <mike@BLACKJAC.mw.mediaone.netDEST>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: search path problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970917213914.5533X-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199709171512.LAA01251@BLACKJAC.mw.mediaone.netDEST>

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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, User Mike wrote:

> i tried to change my search path in the .login and .profile files and in
> the skeleton files. and for somereason when i use the pw command to make
> a new user it refuses to make them a directory and copy the skel files
> to it (i did make a pw.conf file too). thanx for any help you can give. 

Did you specify the -m command to request a new home directory?

Are you running pw as root?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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