Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Alfred von Campe wrote: >> On Mar 9, 2007, at 14:39, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> at >>> http://wiki.openpbx.org/tiki-index.php?page=Easy+route+to+building+OpenPBX.org >>> >>> >>> there is the following adduser command: >>> >>> adduser --no-create-home --ingroup openpbx --disabled-password >>> --disabled-login openpbx >>> >>> This does NOT seem to be the right format for Centos. So far, using >>> man, I have come up with; >>> >>> >>> adduser -M -g openpbx >>> >>> What else do I need? >> >> I think that --disabled-password is the default if you don't specify >> a password, and to disable logins you can use "-s /sbin/nologin" to >> set the account's shell. > Centos is still not happy: > > [root at openpbx ~]#adduser -M -g openpbx -s /sbin/nologin > usage: adduser [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...] > [-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]] > [-f inactive] [-e expire ] [-p passwd] [-M] [-n] [-r] [-l] name > adduser -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell] > [-f inactive] [-e expire ] > [root at openpbx ~]# you didn't specify the user account. try... # useradd -M -g openpbx -s /sbin/nologin openpbx