Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:54:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: peter@boosten.org Subject: Re: pw create home dir issue Message-ID: <927058.56039.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <480DA07F.4030905@boosten.org>
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--- Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote:
>
>
> Unga wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I cannot get the pw to create a new user's home
> > directory. Here is what I used:
> >
> > pw -V /etc useradd -n test \
> > -c "Test User" -b /home/ \
> > -G "wheel,operator" -m -M 0700 \
> > -k /etc/skel/ -s /usr/local/bin/bash
> >
> > It creates the user without user's home directory.
> > Once home directory is created manually, the
> account
> > can be used. I don't have a /etc/pw.conf. I also
> used
> > -d /home/, but it still doesn't create the home
> > directory.
> >
>
> I use it without the slash:
>
> adduser -d /home -q -s /usr/local/bin/rzsh
>
> Works like charm
>
There is no keyword adduser to the pw(8) :)
Regards
Unga
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