Re: what is wrong with 'adduser'?

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 01-Feb-2000 Colin Watson wrote:
> 
> It looks like you haven't got /usr/sbin on root's $PATH (as evidenced
> also by the fact that you're using /usr/sbin/adduser instead of simply
> adduser). groupadd, groupdel, and the like live there. Fix this and all
> should be well.

I thought it might be that, and I do have /usr/sbin on root's PATH.  I later
closed the xterm window and tried with a new one and some things seemed to
work.

> 
> /usr/sbin should probably be on root's $PATH anyway, but it's probably a
> bug in adduser that it doesn't use absolute paths (a potential security
> hole, even?). You might want to file a bug about this.

I will, if this problem persists.

thanks

--
Andrew