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Author: Jeremy C. Reed
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Subject: adding users in FreeBSD
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Lynn David Newton wrote: 

> (a) FreeBSD adduser is not even remotely like adduser
>     in either BSD/OS or Linux.

>
> (b) FreeBSD adduser does not even accept a user *name*
>     option.

Newer FreeBSD versions include the "pw" tool which is similar to "useradd"
found on varous *nix type systems.

It is easy:

pw help
pw useradd help


Jeremy C. Reed
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