Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 06:03:40 +0100 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> To: Brant Brookie <brant@fastserve.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using the pw command Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991217060155.00a82420@194.184.65.4> In-Reply-To: <38595914.6D4A2EE1@fastserve.net>
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At 16/12/99, Brant Brookie wrote: >I am having difficulty adding a user from my webform vi a perl script. >Here is the command that I have been using, (3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD) > >system("echo $password | pw useradd $username -d $home/$username -m -k >$skeletondir"); > >It adds the user just fine, but I can't seem to log in under the user. >Only when I change the password, can I telnet in without a password >error. > >Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. > >Brant Brookie I think you should add a second command to modify the pwd: system("echo $password | pw usermod $username -h 0"); Please let me know if it helps... Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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