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From: Markus Baeurle <emw4maba@gp.fht-esslingen.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why no addusr?
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 20:42:45 +0100
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In article <6OD1p0qZo$B@rimki.toppoint.de>
          chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek) wrote:

> Here is my suggestion, far from being ideal, but it works for our needs.
> The original is the script found under point 4.4 of the BSD-FAQ.
> You may use this script freely if it is of any value to you. If anyone
> has better solutions for parts of its text please let me know.

Great.
I haven't tried it for me yet but it seems to be fine and also looks quite
flexible.

Anybody from NetBSD Core care to comment on the adduser issue?

Cheers, Markus