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Old 07-31-2001, 12:27 PM   #1
svs
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adduser script problem


I'm trying to write a script that uses the adduser command to add a user to a specific group when a username and full name are specified.

In my script, the line to add the user is this:

./adduser -g biipsub -c \"$fullname\" $username

Whenever I run the script, the adduser command doesn't get executed. When I echo the same command, this is returned:

./adduser -g biipsub -c "Full Name" username

This is the correct syntax, so why doesn't the command work when it is run from the script??

Thanks for any help
Steve Szymanski
 
Old 07-31-2001, 02:22 PM   #2
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Does the adduser command really existing in the current (working) directory (as indicated by ./adduser)? This means that if you execute this from root's home directory then your script will attempt to look in root's home dir for the binary. Should you be supplying something like /usr/sbin/adduser or /sbin/adduser.

HTH

Jamie...
 
  


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