On Friday 16 January 2009 12:48:38 O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello, > I have the following situation: > > Users are stored in OpenLDAP. I need to create homes directories on new > machine memebers in the pool of workstations and do not want the usage > of an automated creation of loggin in user via pam_mkhomedir. Creation > should be done manually. > My question: is it possible to use a FreeBSD tool/command like 'pw(8)' > only for copying and initiating an existant user's home? > > I tried simply pw useradd USER -m -b /homes/ for that purpose, but pw > errors me saying the user USER already exists (is a OpenLDAP user).
Try usermod instead of useradd. Jonathan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"