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Re: Default user accounts ?
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:20:33PM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote:
> On Thursday 31 May 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > The reason it's not in /etc/passwd now is either the account
> > didn't exist when `mkpasswd' has been called by setup or
> > your account is not a local account but a domain account.
> >
> > Setup just calls `mkpasswd -l' to create a default passwd
> > file with the existing local accounts. To add domain accounts
> > you'll have to call `mkpasswd -d <domain>' and add the relevant
> > output to /etc/passwd. The same for /etc/group and the `mkgroup'
> > command.
>
> This should go in the FAQ, shouldn't it?
Sounds reasonable.
Thanks,
Corinna
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