22 Dec
2008
22 Dec
'08
1:26 p.m.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:18:59AM +0000, David Reynolds wrote:
On 22 Dec 2008, at 11:13, Chris G wrote:
Yes, I have since discovered that. It works OK too. I'm sure I've used useradd without problems previously though. Oh well, never mind.
Maybe you gave it the right options last time you used it?
My memory (which may be failing of course) was that I just used to do "useradd <username>" and I got the basic set-up of a new user.
I have to say that I used to edit the password file directly (using vipw if I was being good) and that was actually quite straightforward. One had to create the home directory as well of course but it's hardly difficult.
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Chris Green