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Date:      Sat, 11 May 2002 09:54:32 -0400
From:      Wade Majors <wade@ezri.org>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Adduser broken??
Message-ID:  <3CDD2298.5090200@ezri.org>
References:  <20020511133453.GA55362@ns2.wananchi.com>

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Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> When you invoke it, it says:
> 
> Usernames must match regex (shortened):
> [^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_-]*$]:
> 
> Then enter a username to add and it will continue to prompt you for username
> till the cows come home ;-)

It is not prompting you for a username. it is prompting you for a regex 
pattern. The default is what is in []'s. This is the configuration 
stage. Just press enter for the prompts after that (must use passwords, 
default shell, etc) until you get to the prompt that says "Enter 
username [(regex from above)]:"

-Wade


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