From 5e0e9b99dc3fc0ecd49d929db0d57c784b66f481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: svn2git Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 00:00:00 -0800 Subject: Release FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 This commit was manufactured to restore the state of the 1.1.5.1-RELEASE image. Releases prior to 5.3-RELEASE are omitting the secure/ and crypto/ subdirs. --- share/man/man8/adduser.8 | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'share/man/man8/adduser.8') diff --git a/share/man/man8/adduser.8 b/share/man/man8/adduser.8 index f6dde2d200b4..519c65df3e6d 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/adduser.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/adduser.8 @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ .Nm adduser .Nd procedure for adding new users .Sh DESCRIPTION +This is a proceduce for adding now users, not a command. Read the +descriptions below and follow the steps. +.Pp A new user must choose a login name, which must not already appear in .Pa /etc/passwd or @@ -66,13 +69,24 @@ A skeletal account for a new user \*(lqernie\*(rq might look like: .Bd -literal -ernie::25:30::0:0:Ernie Kovacs,508 Evans Hall,x7925, +ernie:*:25:30::0:0:Ernie Kovacs,508 Evans Hall,x7925, 642-8202:/a/users/ernie:/bin/csh .Ed .Pp For a description of each of these fields, see .Xr passwd 5 . .Pp +Use the +.Xr passwd 1 +command to give the user an initial password. You can type +.Bd -literal +passwd ernie +.Ed +.Pp +as root to give ernie a password. Remember, the password field (the * +in the above example) holds the encrypted password, so +writing the password there in plain text will not work. +.Pp It is useful to give new users some help in getting started, supplying them with a few skeletal files such as .Pa \&.profile -- cgit v1.2.3