Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 14:36:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: Ghulum Dastgir <Ghulam_Dastgir@uk.ibm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding a user Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02A.9809131434480.14577-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <5060100023355246000002L062*@MHS>
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Well, by default, FreeBSD symlinks /home to /usr/home. If you don't have a /home, create /usr/home, then do ln -s /usr/home /home. You can also try adding users using adduser's batch features. Check out the manpage for more info. To add a user to wheel, edit /etc/group, and append their username to the end of the wheel entry. Separate usernames with a ','. Joe Clarke On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Ghulum Dastgir wrote: > hi, > > i'm a bit worried that when i add a user it goes into /home/username. Doesn't > this mean that this user's home directory is in the root file system. if this > is the case then when say the user creates files he is writing to a file in > root's subdirectory. and this can never be a good thing 'cos all user files > should be in the /usr filesystem? or is this actually a symlink? > > a clarification on this would be welcome. > > a final point is when adding a user through vipw how can i ensure that the > group is a member of wheel (thereby enabling su access). I know some folk would > say why don't I use adduser, this is because i'm trying to see what would > happen if i had a lot of users to add to a system, in which case vipw's use of > an editor helps. > > thanx, > > ghulam > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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