Problem adding user (4.8R)

Hi, I just installed FreeBSD 4.8 and tried to add a user to the system using 'adduser foo'. I get a few questions and then this: -- 8 -- Don't worry about mistakes. I will give you the chance later to correct any input. Enter username [foo]: Please enter a username Enter username [foo]: foo

Re: Problem adding user (4.8R)

From: Johan Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:41 PM Subject: Problem adding user (4.8R) Hi, I just installed FreeBSD 4.8 and tried to add a user to the system using 'adduser foo'. I get a few questions and then this: -- 8 -- Don't worry

Re: Problem adding user (4.8R)

Johan Paul wrote: Hi, I just installed FreeBSD 4.8 and tried to add a user to the system using 'adduser foo'. I get a few questions and then this: -- 8 -- Don't worry about mistakes. I will give you the chance later to correct any input. Enter username [foo]: Please enter a username Enter

Re: Problem adding user (4.8R)

I get a few questions and then this: -- 8 -- Don't worry about mistakes. I will give you the chance later to correct any input. Enter username [foo]: Please enter a username Enter username [foo]: foo Please enter a username Enter username [foo]: -- 8 -- ...whatever I type in as

Re: Problem adding user (4.8R)

Stefan Prestele wrote: I think the problem is, that you have entered a user name when you were asked for a regex for user names. So restart adduser and read the questions properly. The question for a regular expression that user names have to match should be 'a-z0-9_-´ (whithout the quotes). Then