Problem adding user with pw

[Nicolas Blais]

On December 14, 2005 12:44 pm, Ashley Moran wrote:
> Please forgive me if I've missed something obvious, but I've googled for
> this error and get no results.
>
> I want to add a new user with the pw command:
>
> 	root at alfie# cat /etc/pw.conf
> 	shellpath = /bin,/usr/bin/,/usr/local/bin
> 	shell = sh,csh,tcsh,bash
> 	defaultshell = bash
>
> 	root at alfie# which bash
> 	/usr/local/bin/bash
>
> but ...
>
> 	root at alfie# pw useradd testuser
> 	pw: no default shell available or defined
>
> Does anyone know why I get this error message?
>

Not sure, but since bash is a localy installed shell, try:

defaultshell = /usr/local/bin/bash

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