Unable to create a user in FreeBsd: pw: user name or id required

bake_betty

I'm trying to add a user: $ sudo pw useradd -m -s /bin/tcsh -g grp1 user123 An error: pw: user name or id required

Originally asked by Dorion on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The fine manual for pw(8) shows: pw [-R rootdir] [-V etcdir] useradd [-n] name [-u uid] ... What happens when you copy the exact syntax indicated in the manual? E.g. sudo pw useradd user123 -m -s /bin/tcsh -g grp1 or sudo pw useradd -n user123 -m -s /bin/tcsh -g grp1

Full answer by thrig: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/359976 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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