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Re: Default user accounts ?


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?

David


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