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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Adding users in NetBSD
Date: 4 Apr 94 19:47:28 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <CnqyI9.C99@weitek.COM> 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.....
This will help you much:
man vipw
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
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