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Date:      Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:37:41 -0800
From:      Studded <Studded@dal.net>
To:        Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Setting default starting uid in adduser.conf
Message-ID:  <349024E5.1DEFED1@dal.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971211205353.1804A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>

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Dean Hollister wrote:
> 
> Hiyall,
> 
> Whenever I set the starting uid in adduser.conf, it automatically resets
> back to 1000. How do I set this to my desired setting. Someone mentioned a
> mkdb command before.

	I personally hacked the script. /usr/sbin/adduser is just a perl
script, open it up in your favorite editor and change the line that
says, $uid_start = 1000 # new users get this uid

Good luck,

Doug



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