Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:27:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: notme <notme@lvdi.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pw useradd and pw.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904231326520.29524-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <371FBD2E.5E00650E@lvdi.net>
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, notme wrote:
> Emm... sorry for my ignorance and stupidity...
> But can anyone please clearify "PASSWD" under:
> echo ${PASSWD} | pw useradd {options}
>
> the following is what I tried,
>
> echo ${PASSWD} | pw useradd newuser
> -d /user/home/newuser -m -g usergroup
> (the whole thing is supposed to be on 1 line)
>
> and I got the following error:
> PASSWD: Undefined variable
You're taking it too literally. ${PASSWD} is a shell variable that
contains the password. Assumably you're running this from a script if you
want to do this automatically.
> An example of how to use this command would
> be greatly apprciated, for I am only a beginner
> in FreeBSD.
man sh
Doug White
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