Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:30:25 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newuser Message-ID: <20040625083025.58e21223.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040625121845.GA16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <000001c45a68$b61c67b0$6601a8c0@james09sc2chsi> <20040625121845.GA16335@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:58:41PM -0400, James Bell wrote: > > > > I have BSD UNIX. > > > > What commands should I use from the root to create a new user. > > Essentially: > > # pw useradd -n name -m > # passwd name > > I suggest that you immediately read the pw(8) man page and the > appropriate section of the Handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html Um ... no offense, Matt, but isn't that a bit overly difficult for a new user? Try adduser ... the manpage is pretty informative. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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