Subject: Creating users
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG, chris@COLEGIUM.DEMON.CO.UK>
From: Alex McLintock <Alex.McLintock@CHADWYCK.CO.UK>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/04/1996 15:51:20
Chris wrote
> Every new user I create I put into group 100, with a uid starting at 500
> and going up.
As a start how about an idiots guide to creating users. Don't say "use vipw"
because it didn't seem to work properly for me. There are a multitude of
passwd files and master passwd files without any idea which is the correct
one.
For instance I have created a user called "alex" - which I can su to with no
trouble but when I login as alex I get told my account has expired.
Alex