Adding Users to FreeBSD
The command to add new users to FreeBSD is adduser. The first time you run it, it will ask you a lot of questions. Don't worry. You won't have to answer all of these questions every time you run adduser. Listing 5.1 walks you through a typical adduser session when running it for the first time.
Listing 5.1. A Sample adduser Session
#adduser Use option ''silent'' if you don't want to see all warnings and questions Check /etc/shells Check /etc/master.passwd Check /etc/group Enter your default shell: csh date ksh no sh tcsh [ksh]: Your default shell is: ksh -> /usr/local/bin/ksh Enter your default HOME partition: [/home]: Copy dotfiles from: /usr/share/skel no [/usr/share/skel]: Send message from file: /etc/adduser.messsage ... |
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