Hi, John
John wrote:
Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard
to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser
uses? Is that a FreeBSD thing, or a *BSD thing, or a unix-like-universe
thing, or what?
If I understand your question correctly, you are
On 27/01/10 19.05, John wrote:
Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard
to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser
uses? Is that a FreeBSD thing, or a *BSD thing, or a unix-like-universe
thing, or what?
Many systems do this AFAIK.
IIRC, the point
John j...@starfire.mn.org writes:
Could someone point me in the direction of enlightenment with regard
to the value add of the group per user approach that adduser
uses?
man adduser; about 60 lines in, there is a whole section titled
UNIQUE GROUPS. This is the document you want.
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something goes wrong while using adduser with bcrypt password hashes on
FreeBSD 7.0-RC3:
I assume bcrypt means the blowfish cypher?
In any case, thanks for the alert!
Alphons
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Frank Bonnet wrote:
Hello
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Thank you
Frank
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Frank Bonnet wrote:
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
/usr/sbin/pw usermod username -w random
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Frank Bonnet wrote:
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
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Sahil Tandon wrote:
Frank Bonnet wrote:
Is there a possibility to use as a standalone software
the adduser feature that generate random passwd.
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
/usr/sbin/pw usermod username -w random
thanks a lot :-)
On Monday 08 January 2007 5:26 am, Ivan Voras wrote:
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
Hugely bad idea. Since md5 outputs hex, you're only getting 4 bits of
entropy per character. Much better to use something like sysutils/pwgen to
generate good random passwords.
Kirk Strauser wrote:
On Monday 08 January 2007 5:26 am, Ivan Voras wrote:
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
Hugely bad idea. Since md5 outputs hex, you're only getting 4 bits of
entropy per character.
Yes, with 10 characters that's 5 bytes of practically
Ivan Voras wrote:
Frank Bonnet wrote:
I want to generate new strong password for existing users.
Here's an idea:
$ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10
... or, following the upthread discussion, a preferable alternative:
openssl rand -base64 6
This will generate a strong
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 05:52:53PM -0700, Marvin J. Kosmal wrote:
When I type adduser
I get the regular first three lines.
Check /etc/shells
Check /etc/master.pwd
Check /etc/group
Usernames must match regulare expression: [mkosmal]:
iirc, the first time you run adduser it prompts you
So why the fuck do things get more difficult ?
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t should be as easy as pie to add a user.
Why the hell does FreeBSD go on and on shooting itself in the foot ?
RTFM has become a bad joke.
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Adding a user should not be rocket science,
If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh sucks big
time, we may avoid a lot of problems.
If anyone can prove to me that csh is superior in any respect to bash,
then please tell me.
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On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:31 +0100
Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adding a user should not be rocket science,
It isn't.
If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh sucks big
time, we may avoid a lot of problems.
You can always use /bin/sh, and yes, it does history
On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 18:30, Miguel Mendez wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:31 +0100
Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adding a user should not be rocket science,
It isn't.
If the old time Bill Joy lovers would realise that 'csh sucks big
time, we may avoid a lot of
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So why the fuck do things get more difficult ?
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Not that you gave any context to this, your latest helpful question, but
I'd guess the answer is your
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So why the fuck do things get more difficult ?
WTF is not going to solve your problem; RTFM will.
If anyone can prove
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Ok,
Two things.
One is I should not have mouthed off such a stupid email. I apologise.
Secondly, adduser sucks.
Let's end this thread, blame it on me.
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800
Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The whole point of this email has been entirely overlooked: to someone
who is unfamiliar with adduser, the initial configuration questions
aren't identifiable as such. Perhaps a note such as Answers to the
following
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:49:26 -0800
Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The whole point of this email has been entirely overlooked: to someone
who is unfamiliar with adduser, the initial configuration questions
aren't identifiable as such. Perhaps a note such as Answers to the
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From: Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 20:51:20 +0100
To: FreeBSD Questions [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: adduser
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:31:58PM +0100, Alex wrote:
Dear/Beste Cliff,
Sunday, December 29, 2002, 7:53:02 PM, you
of more words of explanation added,
would eliminate a great deal of confusion.
Where do you go with suggestions for changes?
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That's what send-pr(1) and the team of committers are there for ::)
If you see something you'd like changed
adduser is broken.
Jeez, people wonder why FreeBSD is not more popular.
what is wrong with it?
it's working fine here.
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adduser is broken.
Jeez, people wonder why FreeBSD is not more popular.
Your mailer is broken. It cut off the command you issued and the
error message you got.
norbert.
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Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi!
Your mailer is broken. It cut off the command you issued and the
error message you got.
What on earth are you talking about ?
IOW: if you don't tell us, what you've tried and what's happened, we
have no possibility to help you.
norbert.
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Dear/Beste Cliff,
Sunday, December 29, 2002, 7:53:02 PM, you wrote:
adduser is broken.
Jeez, people wonder why FreeBSD is not more popular.
FreeBSD is for a number of reasons not popular. One is that people
like you that produce negative PR without cause.
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:31:58PM +0100, Alex wrote:
Dear/Beste Cliff,
Sunday, December 29, 2002, 7:53:02 PM, you wrote:
adduser is broken.
Jeez, people wonder why FreeBSD is not more popular.
FreeBSD is for a number of reasons not popular. One is that people
like you that
Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I tried the simple act of adding a user to my system.
It failed, repeatingly asking me for a user name I had already given.
You should not have to have the brain of Einstein in order to put a new
user on your system.
You misunderstood the first part
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:31:58PM +0100, Alex wrote:
Dear/Beste Cliff,
Sunday, December 29, 2002, 7:53:02 PM, you wrote
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:02:50PM +0100, Norbert Koch wrote:
Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I tried the simple act of adding a user to my system.
It failed, repeatingly asking me for a user name I had already given.
You should not have to have the brain of Einstein in order to
Negative PR ?
Yes, or at least, you act too fast..
That does not mean being uncritical.
Than BE critical towards your own attitude.
You can not just begin adding users. You have to set up the config file
first! It's all in the handbook! So, why didn't you read better?
I tried the simple act
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Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: adduser
adduser is broken.
Hardly. :) Though I tend to use a wee Perl script of my own, built around
/usr/sbin/pw, adduser is not
I tried the simple act of adding a user to my system.
If it's something simple, then any problems have most likely been addressed
already. Simple is a clue that perhaps you're doing something wrong. So,
read the documentation, pull it all apart and put it back together again
before you complain
Negative PR ?
I do my best to promote it.
That does not mean being uncritical.
I tried the simple act of adding a user to my system.
It failed, repeatingly asking me for a user name I had already given.
Look it /etc/adduser.conf remove the user name there and leave that line
blank. I've run
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Negative PR ?
I do my best to promote it.
That does not mean being uncritical.
I tried the simple act of adding
Ok,
Two things.
One is I should not have mouthed off such a stupid email. I apologise.
Secondly, adduser sucks.
Let's end this thread, blame it on me.
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I am trying to put user's home directories onto a mounted windows
share (mounting via smbfs). When I run the adduser script (and
specify /mountedshare/username as the home directory) it doesn't set
the ownership of the home directory to the user. Root still owns the
folder. If I add a user
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