On Wed, 14 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote: delgroup and deluser are broken too. deluser looks for a file with the same name as the user entry in /etc/passwd and, of course, does not find it, delgroup dies with:
line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `fi' > > I've had the same thing happen. I normally hit ctrl-C (which kills it) > then change the password either as root using "passwd user" or by logging > in as that user and changing the password, I forgett which one worked. > > I don't add users often on my system since it's private, so it's not a big > deal for me. I figure it will be fixed shortly. > > On Tue, 13 May 1997, George Bonser wrote: > > > > > When I attempt to add a user account with adduser <username> it prompts me > > for the password twice as I would expect then notifies me that the user > > was not found in /etc/shadow (no duh! I am trying to ADD a new user!) and > > kicks me back to the prompt for a password and it sticks in this loop. > > > > I have to go to another VT to kill adduser to get control back. > > > > QUESTION: How do I add a new user if I have shadow support? > > > > > > George Bonser > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > --Rick > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > George Bonser [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .