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From: Hume Smith <hclsmith@tallships.istar.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why no addusr?
Date: 12 Feb 1997 19:22:06 GMT
Organization: North End TTA Fans and Reed Organ Repairers
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In article <5dres4$q38@panix2.panix.com> tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
> Certainly, I've never found 'vipw' and 'mkdir' hard to use.
not difficult, no; just tedious and easily goofed if you add more than three
users.
i'll agree that a binary is not appropriate; but a script sure would be nice.
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Hume Smith <URL:mailto:hclsmith@tallships.istar.ca>
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