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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!convex!constellation!rex!ben From: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen) Subject: Re: Adding users in NetBSD Message-ID: <Cntpp6.Dx4@rex.uokhsc.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 05:53:29 GMT Distribution: na Reply-To: benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu References: <CnqyI9.C99@weitek.COM> Organization: Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma Lines: 15 johnm@weitek.COM (John Mcleod) writes: > How do I add users to NetBSD ? I am used to just modifying the /etc/passwd >file, and making the home directory, et voila.... This does not work for me >in NetBSD 0.9. What is the significance of the file Master.passwd (modifying >this does not make the new user appear either). The new user passwd is 5 >characters long..... You really should have been using "vipw" or "chpass" instead of raw "ex /etc/passwd" (or whatever) all along...Try using these commands and it should work (works for me :-) -- Benjamin Z. Goldsteen