Subject: Re: Can't add a user
To: John Ostrowick <jon@macaroni.cs.wits.ac.za>
From: Jonathan Short <jonathan@leviathan.ele.uri.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/28/1996 08:31:14
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, John Ostrowick wrote:

> >I remember having this problem once when i installed NetBSD 1.0A...  when
> >i FIRST installed NetBSD that is...  i forgot how i fixed it..it might be
> >a simple permission problem or umm..something else..  i assume this is the
> >first time you are installing NetBSD or maybe an entire re-install of the
> >system..  Can someone clue him in? :)
> >
> 
> it might be that /bin/csh has the wrong access privvs. You might also want
> to try installing the user manually with vi in both passwd, master.passwd
> and group, then calling
> 
> pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
> 
> you can also check the access privvs on his home directory.
> 
> sorry if that's not much help.
> 
It also might be the permissions on one of the cshell intialization 
files.  Like .cshrc or something.  Perhaps the global .cshrc file also(I 
can't remember what that file is called right now).  -Jonathan