Hi Tony, > The commands in 'pem' work ok if I type them > at the command line. Why will they not work > in a script? > > Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf) > Kernel 2.4.2-2 on an i686
Please update your system. > # ls -l pem > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 94 Jul 8 19:44 pem > > # cat pem > /usr/sbin/useradd -g popusers -s /bin/false merves02 > echo d2ksd6b | passwd --stdin merves02 > > # ./pem > 'seradd: invalid user name `merves02 > 'asswd: Unknown user name 'merves02 Well, once again in the last few hours, your script contains dos crlf's. dos2unix pem should fix it. Bye, Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of depleted uranium ammo! End all weapons of mass destruction. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list