Windows NT Domain login on OpenBSD

eirvine eirvine at tpgi.com.au
Sun Feb 18 03:53:40 GMT 2001


Hi Jamie,

Jamie Dahl wrote:
> 
> following the instructions in the O'reilly book, I am unable to create
> dummy user account (Computer Trust Account), OpenBSD doesnt like $'s in
> the username,
> 
> Anyone here have a workaround to this?
> 
> Jamie Dahl

The way I do it is this:
  a) create the new user with your usual tool (pw, adduser, ?), omitting
     the "$" in the username.
  b) use vipw to add the "$" to the name.
  c) do the same thing to /etc/group

Eddie.




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