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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bayarea.net!baygate.bayarea.net!thorpej From: thorpej@baygate.bayarea.net (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Why no addusr? Date: 15 Feb 1997 00:55:34 GMT Organization: George's NetBSD answer man Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5e31i6$fhu@news.bayarea.net> References: <none-ya023480001912962244220001@news.infi.net> <5dres4$q38@panix2.panix.com> <5dt58u$5ik@news.istar.ca> <5e0sg2$dot@panix2.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: baygate.bayarea.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5364 In article <5e0sg2$dot@panix2.panix.com>, Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> wrote: >Um, if you're adding more than a few users at once, you could *write* such a >script with almost no effort. If we shipped one, it would probably take more >effort on your part to customize it than it would for you to write one from >scratch. No kidding... at every place I've ever worked, they've alway _had_ to write their own user management system anyhow... -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@bayarea.net>